Neuroscience

  1. Neuroscience

    Birth of new brain cells might erase babies’ memories

    The growth of new neurons in early childhood may explain why adults can’t remember being infants.

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  2. Psychology

    Why every face you draw looks a little Neandertal

    Just about everyone draws faces with the eyes too high and a low Neandertal forehead, maybe because of the way we perceive the shape of the head.

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  3. Neuroscience

    Young blood proven good for old brain

    Blood — or one of its protein components — restores some of youth’s vibrancy to elderly mouse brains.

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  4. Neuroscience

    You smell, and mice can tell

    A new study shows that the smell of a man causes stress in lab mice. The findings show scientists have yet another variable to control: the scientist.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Young rats that use their brain keep more cells alive

    Learning a task helps just-born cells survive in a learning and memory center of the rat brain.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Humans can sniff out gender

    A new study adds to controversy of whether people have pheromones.

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  7. Psychology

    Leonardo da Vinci may have invented 3-D image with ‘Mona Lisa’

    A mysterious copy of the ‘Mona Lisa’ combines with the Louvre painting to make a stereoscopic image of the woman with the enigmatic smile.

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  8. Science & Society

    Students retain information better with pens than laptops

    Compared with typing on a laptop, writing notes by hand may lead to deeper understanding of lecture material.

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  9. Neuroscience

    How brains filter the signal from the noise

    Our brains can distinguish a single voice in the middle of a noisy street. A new study in ferrets shows how auditory systems might separate the signal from the noise.

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  10. Animals

    Frustrated fish get feisty

    Smaller rainbow trout become more aggressive towards bigger fish when they don’t their usual treats.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Pain curbs sex drive in females, but not males

    When in pain, female mice’s interest in sex takes a hit but males still want to mate.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Bingeing rats show the power of food habits

    Rats allowed to binge on sweetened milk show a bad habit for food. But while food might change our habits, a bad food habit may not necessarily be an addiction.

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