Study suggests same neural mechanism that interrupts body movement also interrupts cognition

Much of the blame for the “failure to act decisively” lies with the U.S. Congress, recent article says.

While genuine machine consciousness is still years into the future, we are beginning to see computers make choices that previously demanded a human’s input

“We wanted to understand how the monarch is processing these different types of information to yield this constant behavior — flying southwest each fall."

Discovery could eventually lead to new and better treatments for insomnia and jet lag

Two young students show how maple syrup prevents the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the C. elegans worm

Salk scientists show how immune receptors clear dead and dysfunctional brain cells and how they might be targets for treating neurodegenerative diseases

Surprising findings suggest promise of mind-body techniques; more study needed

Findings reveal that OMP regulates odor processing by filtering ‘noisy’ signals so that incoming odor information is transmitted accurately

Chemicals designed to protect crops can cause gene expression changes in mouse brain cells that look strikingly similar to changes in the brains of people with autism and Alzheimer’s disease