The ability allows the brain to balance sleep with responding to environmental cues. A good night’s sleep is not as simple as it appears. While…
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How do you see the world? What is it about a creative work such as a painting or piece of music that elicits our awe…
Jerry Chen, a Boston University College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of biology, researches the neural code of the brain. He aims to better…
Smell has the power to transport us across time and space. It could be the sweet fragrance of jasmine, or the musty scent of algae.…
A computer network closely modeled on part of the human brain is enabling new insights into the way our brains process moving images — and…
New research has discovered that the strength of the connection between our brain and internal organs is linked to how we feel about our appearance.…
Coffee drinkers intuitively recognize the pleasure of swallowing a smooth, rich brew versus a watery one. Aside from added cream or sugar, the coffee itself…
Rattlesnakes increase their rattling rate as potential threats approach, and this abrupt switch to a high-frequency mode makes listeners, including humans, think they’re closer than…
Lessons from the pandemic could inform how to deal with other global crises that require collective action, like climate change. Superspreading events have proven to…
Imagined Music and Silence Trigger Similar Brain Activity Imagining a song triggers similar brain activity as moments of silence in music, according to a pair of studies recently…
Some scientists believe consciousness is generated by quantum processes, but the theory is yet to be empirically tested. One of the most important open questions…
A new approach to brain imaging combines functional MRI, electroencephalography and a technique known as EROS, which shines near-infrared light on the scalp to capture…
Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we…
This stimulus is made up of several concentric pairs of scaled star polygons. Most observers perceive fleeting rays, beams, or lines emanating from the center…
Special neurons in the hippocampus may be involved in time-related features of memory. Neurons in the hippocampus fire during specific moments in time, according to…
New study and a review of decades of data pushes the memory clock back over a year, but the study confirms everyone is different. On…
During the 180th ASA Meeting, Arezoo Talebzadeh from Ghent University will show how a personalized soundscape can help those with dementia by providing clues regarding…
Animation of a person waking up from anesthesia. Credit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan Medicine Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep…
In a time of a global crisis such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to note how people move through different phases to…
“It’s extremely eye-opening that people are willing to make decisions about whether or not they would like to get to another human being, in less…