Here is what I am reading today: how does a sleeping brain behave? “UCLA researchers have for the first time measured the activity of a brain region known to be involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer’s disease during sleep. They discovered that this part of the brain behaves as if Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: VIDEO: Mortimer Mishkin on the History of Neuroscience “Society for Neuroscience archival interview with Mortimer Mishkin, former senior investigator at NIH and current chief of the section on cognitive neuroscience in the laboratory of neuropsychology at NIMH. The interview took place April 5-6, Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: my parasite made me do it! “Feeling sociable or reckless? You might have toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which the CDC estimates has infected about 22.5 percent of Americans older than 12 years old. Researchers tested participants for Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: sex matters “…”These results aren’t definitive, but they are consistent with the following story,” said Gauthier. “Everyone is born with a general ability to recognize objects and the capability to get really good at it. Nearly everyone becomes expert at recognizing faces, because Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: neural implant and decisions “By placing a neural device onto the front part of the monkeys’ brains, the researchers, from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, University of Kentucky and University of Southern California, were able to recover, and even improve, the monkeys’ ability Read more…