Key neurons make you feel sluggish when you’re sick
We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we feel sick. A new study in mice uncovers brain cells that control these “sickness behaviors.”
Brain recordings shed light on how we process what we see
New research uncovers, at an unprecedented level of detail and precision, how the brain processes visual images.
Tests use Dr. Seuss to probe speech perception
Researchers had participants listen to a speaker reading The Lorax to investigate how the brain is engaged during complex audiovisual speech perception.
Tests use Dr. Seuss to probe speech perception
Researchers had participants listen to a speaker reading The Lorax to investigate how the brain is engaged during complex audiovisual speech perception.
Brain evolution clarifies why woodpeckers peck
The specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting their communicative rat-a-tat-tat evolved the same way.
Brain evolution clarifies why woodpeckers peck
The specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting their communicative rat-a-tat-tat evolved the same way.
Algorithm decodes what dog brains see
Researchers have decoded visual images from a dog’s brain. The results suggest major differences in how the brains of humans and dogs work.
Mild TBI ups risk of emotional problems in kids
Even mild TBI, or traumatic brain injury, increases the risk of a child having emotional or behavioral issues, research finds.
Team identifies more genes linked to autism
A new study identifies 185 genes sigificantly associated with autism, many of which are new and not inherited from the parents, researchers say.
To fight Huntington’s disease, fix the glia?
Huntington’s disease may result from defects in support cells called glia, say researchers. The discovery may put new therapies in reach.