Mama’s got a big brain.
Scientific American refutes the mommy-brain myth with new research that shows new moms’ brains actually get bigger: Structural changes in animal brains, says National Institutes […]
neurology
Our atomic noses.
Normally, when we think of the way we smell things, we think of the molecules of a smelly substance – like a rose or a […]
Learning magnets.
PhysOrg makes me fight an overwhelming urge to start raving about “thinking caps” and “memory machines” with their look at how transcranial magnetic stimulation can […]
Sleep reminders.
Discovery makes me want to take a nap. Not because this research is boring, but because it suggests you can sleep your way to better […]
Conservative amygdalas are concerned.
The Telegraph reports on new brain studies that find a difference between “liberal” brains and “conservative” brains, equating the old-ways-are-best mindset with larger anxiety-processing areas: […]
Hurt so good.
Yes. Well. New Scientist’s never-so-aptly-named “Short Sharp Science” blog revels in the discovery that the female orgasm is neurologically linked to pain: To get his […]
Reading names, forgetting faces.
Forget your eyes. New Scientist (have I seen them somewhere before?) says all that reading is bad for your memory: The scans firstly confirmed which […]
Sleights of Mind
This is more of a “heads up” than highlighting any particular discovery, but Medical News Today has a review of a fascinating collaboration between neuroscientists […]
Look into my eyes. Deeply. Now, vote. Vote! VOTE!
Cue menacing laughter. But as FastCompany.com reveals, there’s really nothing funny about the extensive neurological research that goes into today’s political campaigns: By reading the […]
Toward animal spirituality.
Whether or not you think a “soul” is a neurological phenomenon or something else, you might wonder, along with Discovery News, what it really means […]
A lesson in FEAR.
PhysOrg reveals the anatomy of terror… in zebrafish: A new study on the behavior of the zebrafish by Japanese researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science […]
Science Art: Deep Sea Angler, by Justin Marshall, QBI.
Click to embiggen This is a photograph taken off Osprey Reef by researchers with the Sensory Neurology Group of the Queensland Brain Institute. No, not […]
Addicted to heartbreak
The same circuit that controls your jonesin’ for just one more is also, the American Physiological Society says, in charge of your heartbreak: The pain […]
Gay men remember faces.
e! Science finds something besides choosing mates that gay men’s brains do differently – recognize faces: “Our results suggest that both gay men and heterosexual […]
Our salts aren’t the same.
Science Daily has new research that shows people sense salt differently. Genes play a role in what healthy food tastes like to supertasters: The research […]