Maintained structural integrity of hippocampal and cortical gray matter may explain why some older adults show rather...
Cognition
Using walls to navigate the room
Scientists discover a brain circuit that signals the direction and distance of boundaries in the environment to help...
Tuning in on cortical circuit dynamics
Neurons use homeostatic mechanisms to maintain stability despite experience-dependent network alterations. Neural...
Neural networks in the spotlight
Scientists develop a computational model to predict and interpret the outcome of optogenetic experiments. Optogenetic...
Different from a computer: Why the brain never processes the...
The brain never processes the same information in the same way. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive...
Using personal frequency to control brain activity
Individual frequency can be used to specifically influence certain areas of the brain and thus the abilities processed in...
Against the Epistemological Primacy of the Hardware: The Brain...
Before he wrote the recent book The Brain from Inside Out, the neuroscientist György Buzsáki previewed some of the...
Boosts in brain signal variability track liberal shifts in...
Adopting particular decision biases allows organisms to tailor their choices to environmental demands. For example, a...
Researchers are watching the brain memorizing rooms
Our brains construct mental maps of the environment from the experiences of our senses. This allows us to orient...
Vegetarians are slimmer and less extroverted than meat eaters
The fewer animal products someone consumes, the lower their body mass index and the less extroverted the person tends to...