Tag: neuroscience
The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust...
Kareem Clark, Virginia Tech
With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it’s finally time for those...
You don’t have a male or female brain – the more...
Lise Eliot, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Everyone knows the difference between male and female brains. One...
Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch...
Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, University of Oregon
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Selfish or selfless? Human nature means you’re both
Keith Yoder, University of Chicago and Jean Decety, University of Chicago
Looking out for number one has been important...
The morality of feeling equal empathy for strangers and family alike
Brendan Gaesser, University at Albany, State University of New York and Zoë Fowler, University at Albany, State University of New York
The year 2020 has...
Synthetic odors created by activating brain cells help neuroscientists understand how...
Edmund Chong, New York University
When you experience something with your senses, it evokes complex patterns of activity in your brain. One important goal in...
What’s lost when we’re too afraid to touch the world around...
Chunjie Zhang, University of California, Davis
During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new...
Do people become more selfless as they age?
Ulrich Mayr, University of Oregon
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A little number theory makes the times table a thing of...
Anita Ponsaing, University of Melbourne
Most people will probably remember the times tables from primary school quizzes. There might be patterns in some of them...
