Much like camera settings—filters, flashes and focus—affect what we notice in a final photo, the way scientists measure ...
The mental process of choosing the correct gear, plus the physical process of operating the clutch, gas, and shifter, engages ...
Researchers identified VIP inhibitory neurons in Huntington’s disease and used optogenetics to restore motor neuron activity in mice.
Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking ...
A new study uncovers a brain-gut-bone axis where stress accelerates hematopoietic stem cell aging via gut microbes.
Rather than having distinct departments for blindness, paralysis and sensory disorders, scientists are developing a unified ...
Manual transmissions have become increasingly rare over the past decade. Automatics have taken over the showroom floor, ...
When we’re young, our brains retain neuroplasticity as they grow and adapt, a useful attribute that slowly degrades as we age ...
The Multi-Sensory Convergence Ladder: As signals ascend deeper into the fish’s forebrain, specifically into a structure called the pallium, single-sense neurons give way to multi-sensory cells. This ...
Psychological stress may alter the gut microbiome, potentially accelerating the aging process in bone marrow stem cells, a ...
For decades, neuroscientists have known that specific regions in the brain's left hemisphere are responsible for processing language. However, a new study by MIT researchers shows that language ...
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