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Featured Genetics

·October 28, 2013·3 min read

How Problems With an Alzheimer’s Protein Can Jam Up Traffic in the Brain

Incorrect levels of GSK-3ß, a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, can lead to neural blockages.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 13, 2020·7 min read

New COVID-19 diagnostic test could deliver results in less than 30 minutes

MIT researchers are working on a range of projects to help diagnose and slow the transmission of COVID-19. Researchers report they are developing a paper-based COVI-19 test that can deliver results within less than 30 minutes. They are currently submitting to the FDA for emergency use authorization, which would grant temporary approval for using the test on patient samples during public health emergencies. Another research team report they have developed an experimental RNA vaccine that is ready to test.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 5, 2023·7 min read

Physical Activity Over 60 Enhances Life Quality

Researchers found a correlation between physical activity in adults over sixty and quality of life. The study, involving almost 1,500 participants, revealed that reduced physical activity and increased sedentary behavior lead to lower life quality.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·December 12, 2023·4 min read

Unwrapping Intentions: Decoding Gift Shakers’ Cognitive Curiosity

Researchers discovered that observers can easily discern the intentions of others shaking gift boxes. In their study, participants could quickly identify whether the box shaker was trying to determine the number or shape of items inside.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 27, 2025·5 min read

How the Brain Forms Indirect Associations to Guide Complex Decisions

A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations between seemingly unrelated stimuli. In experiments with mice, researchers showed that a sweet taste could be rejected after it was indirectly linked to an aversive event through a shared scent.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 31, 2025·3 min read

Brain ‘Reset Wave’ May Explain How ECT Rapidly Relieves Depression

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), long misunderstood due to outdated portrayals, remains the most effective treatment for severe, treatment-resistant mental illness. While traditionally thought to work solely through induced seizures, new research reveals that ECT also triggers a second brain event: cortical spreading depolarization (CSD).

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·April 2, 2020·3 min read

Single mutation leads to big effects in autism-related gene

New findings about NLGN4 genes reveals why males are more susceptible to developing autism than females.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·February 21, 2025·4 min read

Every Breath You Take Alters Your Visual Perception

Researchers have discovered that breathing affects pupil size, with the pupil being smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation. This newly identified mechanism is independent of external stimuli and could influence vision by alternating between detail enhancement and object detection.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·June 24, 2019·5 min read

Settling the debate on serotonin’s role in sleep

Serotonin produced by the raphe is critical for sleep in both mice and zebrafish. The firing of neurons in the raphe and the release of serotonin may help the brain build up better sleep pressure. The results may explain why some sleep-related side effects of antidepressants increase serotonin in the brain.

Psychology

·February 20, 2012·7 min read

Economics and the Brain: How People Really Make Decisions in Turbulent Times

In a 2008 paper on neuroeconomics, economist George Loewenstein said: “Whereas psychologists tend to view humans as fallible and sometime...

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·August 12, 2019·3 min read

Calcium is key to age-related memory loss

Mouse study reveals a clear correlation between cognitive ability in aging and presynaptic calcium levels.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 10, 2020·5 min read

Scientists categorize neurons by the way the brain jiggles during a heartbeat

By analyzing alterations in waveform recorded from neurons during a heartbeat, researchers can more accurately classify different types of neurons in the human brain.