Much like camera settings—filters, flashes and focus—affect what we notice in a final photo, the way scientists measure ...
Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking ...
Researchers identified VIP inhibitory neurons in Huntington’s disease and used optogenetics to restore motor neuron activity in mice.
The mental process of choosing the correct gear, plus the physical process of operating the clutch, gas, and shifter, engages ...
Rather than having distinct departments for blindness, paralysis and sensory disorders, scientists are developing a unified ...
When we’re young, our brains retain neuroplasticity as they grow and adapt, a useful attribute that slowly degrades as we age ...
An antisense therapy that targets a glycine transporter restored NMDA receptor function in mouse models related to autism and ...
Manual transmissions have become increasingly rare over the past decade. Automatics have taken over the showroom floor, ...
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 ...
If you have ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why, lost a word that was right on the tip of your tongue, or ...
Psychological stress may alter the gut microbiome, potentially accelerating the aging process in bone marrow stem cells, a ...