Dancing is better than repetitive exercise for keeping elderly brains fit.
PLOS ONE has an interesting look at brain plasticity – that is, your ability to learn new things, change the way you do things, and […]
neurology
Smell makes music inside our brains. Each aroma, a different melody.
Scientific American organizes some notes on the neurology of scent, with experiments that show the brain distinguishes between similar scents in the same way we […]
Low-carb diet can keep your brain fit.
The Guardian looks back at memory researchers who’ve found that lower the carbohydrates you eat keeps your memory in better shape: “Neurobiological changes associated with […]
Christmas music and your brain.
The holiday spirit (or something) descended on The Washington Post, who have shared (non-paywalled, apparently) a statistical and neurological look at why Christmas music – […]
SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark
SONG: “I Spent a Week in the Dark” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science Daily, 8 December 2019, “A week in the dark rewires brain […]
SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget
SONG: “Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Scientific American, 18 November 2019, “Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form,” […]
A week in the dark rewires the brain (and boosts hearing sensitivity)
Science Daily reports on a University of Maryland study that shows that (for mice at least) spending a week in darkness resets certain brain circuits, […]
Science Art: Neurons from rat brain tissue stained green with antibody to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)… by Gerry Shaw, 2005
Click to embiggen Glia are the cells around neurons that manufacture myelin (the insulation around nerve cells), help repair cell damage and, apparently, have something […]
Learning where memories are born.
It happens when we sleep, says Scientific American. It happens in cells that aren’t even neurons: A new study from the University of Toronto, published […]
Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier
Click to embiggen slightly A nerve, an electric cell, a node in a network. A place and size where electricity meets chemistry inside our bodies. […]
Gut bacteria can help the brain conquer fear; antibiotics can make PTSD recovery harder.
Science magazine explores the gut-brain connection further with a study that finds gut bacteria can help us get over our fear responses… unless antibiotics have […]
Paralyzed man moves, thanks to mind-controlled exoskeleton.
BBC News has the story (told in many photos) of Thibault, a man who has been able to move all four limbs with a robot […]
We caught a glimpse of a symbol becoming an idea in the brain.
Science News shares results from an English MRI experiment that has mapped, for the first time, how exactly our brain takes a symbol, like a […]
A smartphone-controlled brain implant.
Science Daily brings news (from Nature Biomedical Engineering) of a new, well, not “killer,” but “really pretty useful” app for people suffering a wide range […]
The “sonic attack” in Cuba and China… definitely did something to diplomats’ brains. Literally.
The New York Times reports on findings (from JAMA) that the people who’d complained of nausea, visual blurring and other effects after some strange events […]