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The Difference between an Expert's Brain and a Novice's

November 19, 2019

In recent research, scientists found that neural networks become more focused as mice got better at performing a trained task...

Are We 'Brainwashed' during Sleep?

November 1, 2019

New study from BU reveals the first-ever images of cerebrospinal fluid washing in and out of the brain during sleep

Babies Understand Counting Years Earlier Than Believed

October 25, 2019

New findings reveal that very early on, years earlier than previously believed, babies who hear counting realize that it's ab...

The Brain May Actively Forget during Dream Sleep

September 23, 2019

NIH-funded study suggests REM sleep may prevent information overload

Motion Perception of Large Objects Gets Worse during Infant Development

September 9, 2019

Why do we lose the "superior" ability to perceive large objects' motion during development?

Neuroscientists Make Major Breakthrough in 200-Year-Old Puzzle

August 13, 2019

Many explanations for Weber's Law have been proposed through the years

Study Finds Fish Preserve DNA 'Memories' Far Better Than Humans

August 9, 2019

Researchers report that memory in the form of 'DNA methylation' is preserved between generations of fish, in contrast to huma...

Scientists Discover Some Fruit Flies Learn Better Than Others

August 8, 2019

Scientists use fruit flies to find nine new genes associated with learning and memory, many of which are similar in people...

Do Babies like Yawning? Evidence from Brain Activity

July 29, 2019

A new study from Chuo University suggests that five- to eight-month-old babies show face-specific brain activity in resp...

How You and Your Friends Can Play a Video Game Together Using Only Your Minds

July 2, 2019

A University of Washington team created a method that allows three people to work together to solve a problem using only thei...

Learning New Vocabulary During Deep Sleep

March 13, 2019

Sleeping time is sometimes considered unproductive time. This raises the question whether the time could be used more product...

’Lack of Cleaning’ in Brain Cells Is Central to Alzheimer’s Disease

February 18, 2019

Researchers have found that the cleaning system of brain cells, the so-called mitophagy, is very weakened in animals and huma...

Do You Recognize This Image?

January 8, 2019

Drug can boost long-term memory of objects

New Compound Shows Promise in Treatment of Alzheimer’s

January 3, 2019

A drinkable cocktail of designer molecules interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s, researchers have found...

Study Yields New Insight on How Memory Works

December 27, 2018

The finding helps explain how the hippocampus controls the process of memory

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