Science Daily has more on the strange, previously unknown sensory organ in insects:
… Read the rest “Mosquitos *taste* heat.”Notice how mosquitoes always seem to bite where there is the most blood? That is because those areas are
Medical Xpress reports on the colorful work of Ohio State U neuroscientists who have studied the effects of nightlights on depression:
… Read the rest “Red light beats blue mood.”In a study involving hamsters, researchers found
ExtremeTech introduces the technology of the supervillain – the brain-to-brain interface (BBI), a new device that lets humans control animals with their thoughts:
… Read the rest “Controlling rats with OUR BRAINS.”Simply by thinking
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SOURCE: Based on “Fossil brain teaser: New study reveals patterns… Read the rest “SONG: “Inside My Eyes””
New Scientist gives thanks for the little things in the wake of the Big One. Studying the irradiated cells of bomb-test survivors (that is, all of us) has shown definitively that our brains… Read the rest “The Bomb proves that our brains keep growing.”
Nature looks at some strange mice and even stranger methodology used to map their brains – by using light to turn OCD on and off:
… Read the rest “Switching the light on and off to switch OCD on and off.”Researchers have both created and relieved symptoms
Futurity hops on the lactation train with a study that proves breastfed babies grow their brains earlier and better:
… Read the rest “Breast-feeding grows brains.”[T]his is the first imaging study that looked for differences associated
Science Daily draws a clearer map than ever before showing how complicated networks of neurons – not individual neurons – make thoughts happen:
… Read the rest “The shape of thoughts.”They do not correspond to a
Frida Polli, one of the financial folks at Forbes, is offering us a look at the sausage-factory of neuroscience funding:
… Read the rest “Forbes follows how science gets started up.”In 2007, after 6 years of PhD work, I arrived at the McGovern Institute
Nature examines the biology of fear – and how researchers have succeeded in creating fear in the fearless:
… Read the rest “This is how you scare the fearless. Neurologically.”Many studies on animals over the years have shown that the amygdala, a small,
That’s what Science Daily says scientists have been doing when they hook up a probe precise enough to detect a single idea begin to form in a specific brain cell:
… Read the rest “Watching the thoughts of fishes.”“Our work is
Nature explores why our aging brains succumb to insomnia and forgetfulness at the same time:
… Read the rest “Don’t sleep. Forget. You are growing old.”Ageing is associated with the gradual loss of brain cells, sleep disturbances and declining
NPR’s Tom Huizenga wants to know why he gets blissed out when he hears a great musical performance. So he asks musical neurologist Dan Levitin what’s going on:
… Read the rest “High on music.”The McGill University
I looove DIY projects, and this one’s a doozy. Techli’s got the inside scoop on a Chicago science-artist’s system for not only creating remote-controlled cockroaches,… Read the rest “Create your own robo-roach at home!”
Laboratory Equipment reveals a quantum leap in tDCS – transcranial direct current stimulation, or zapping your brain to make it do things differently. As the regular reader knows… Read the rest “They just invented the wire. (Electrodes that release opiates in the brain.)”
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