Neuroscience

Backwards: How Brain Maps Help Us Perceive The World

Driving to work is routine, you might even forget you are doing it, but how aware would you be if you had to doit in reverse? We're used to seeing objects pass behind us as we go forward. Moving backwards feels unnatural and a new study finds why tha ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 7:30pm

Oxytocin Helps Overcome Fear

Frightening experiences stick with us but a new study finds that the bonding hormone oxytocin inhibits the fear center in the brain and allows fear stimuli to subside more easily.  ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2014 - 1:55pm

Is Total Recall Possible? Maybe

Some people have great memories- almost like they are looking at a photograph. What is the secret? Will it be possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Maybe. Researchers have identified a molecule that puts the brakes on brain pro ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2014 - 10:03am

Liver, Brain Communicate In Order To Regulate Appetite

Here's a diet tip that is certain to work: Eat nothing and drink nothing except water from 6 PM until you wake up the next day. With no dieting at all, you are certain to lose weight unless you go out of your way to eat three Big Macs at dinner. The r ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2014 - 9:01am

'Mexican Waves' In The Brain Revealed

Neurons- cells in the brain that communicate chemical and electrical information- belong to one of two groups, inhibitory or excitatory. Much is known about excitatory neurons but not so much for inhibitory ones. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2014 - 1:28pm

Ancient Chinese Secret: Turmeric Spices Up Your Memory

A single gram of turmeric at breakfast could help improve the memory of people who are in the very early stages of diabetes and potentially at greater risk of cognitive impairment. Turmeric is widely used in Asian cooking. Its characteristic yellow color ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2014 - 12:06pm

Coffee Creamer, Crackers Linked To Worse Memory

A new study finds that people of 1914 may have had worse memory than people of 1814. The reason is partially hydrogenated oil- trans fats- that became a cheaper, healthier replacement for the saturated fats in butter. Crystallized cottonseed oil- Crisco- ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2014 - 1:11pm

Musicians Have Better Long-term Memory

Imagine we gave you three letters, say G, C and D. Then we gave you a name to associate to some combination of those three letters. How many could you recall on command? Guitarists in cover bands do that all of the time. They can play thousands of songs f ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2014 - 4:10pm

Chronic Pain Isn't All In The Brain

It's not in the bones, but it might not be in the brain either. X-ray image by Shutterstock By Andreas Goebel, University of Liverpool ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 26 2014 - 8:31am

Your Memory Can Play Tricks On You – Here’s How

Your memory can play tricks on you. Shutterstock By Catherine Loveday, University of Westminster ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 4 2014 - 2:00pm