Brain scans reveal what happens in the mind when insight strikes
Duke University researchers discover that “aha!” moments enhance memory retention, reshaping brain information representation during problem-solving.
By 15 months, infants learn new words for objects they’ve never seen
Researchers from Northwestern University discovered infants can infer meanings from context, forming mental representations of unseen objects.
Increasing exercise in middle age may protect against Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health find Meeting find physical activity associated with lower accumulation of beta-amyloid, a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
Too fast to see: Rapid eye movements predict speed limits in perception
Researchers at TU Berlin discover eye movement speed limits perception, revealing why fast-moving objects become invisible.
New pipette can activate individual neurons
Researchers at Linköping University develop a pipette delivering ions to neurons, potentially treating epilepsy precisely.
The future of brain activity monitoring may look like a single strand of hair
Researchers at Penn State develop a lightweight, flexible electrode for long-term, inconspicuous EEG monitoring on the scalp.
Groundbreaking study uncovers how our brain learns
UC San Diego researchers reveal synaptic plasticity rules, using advanced imaging to track neural changes during learning.
Calorie-free sweeteners can disrupt the brains appetite signals
A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that a common sugar substitute alters brain activity related to hunger and increases appetite, especially in people with obesity.
To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin
A new study from MIT finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.
Dessert stomach identified in the brain
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute discovered that nerve cells that tell to mice they are full also make them crave sweets.