Study Reveals Sleep Evolved Ahead of Brain Evolution

MEDICINE & HEALTH 01.11.2021 21:00 PM

Researchers of a new study recently identified a state akin to sleep in a tiny, freshwater animal, also known as "hydra," which has simple anatomy and doesn't have a brain.

Echolocation: The Ability to Determine Things Around a Person Despite Blindness

12.31.2020 11:00 AM

Echolocation may sound like an implausible feat for a human, although thousands of blind humans have perfected this method.

Meet the Blind Pianist With an Amazing Brain That the Neuroscientists Are Studying

12.29.2020 08:30 AM

Although blind, Matthew Whitaker is an amazing pianist, and neuroscientists find his brain more fascinating as his virtual cortex goes overdrive when he plays the piano.

Connecting Computer To Brains: Ethical Dilemmas of Using Neurotech

12.28.2020 08:00 AM

Companies and policymakers must responsibly use neurotech, so learning the ethics of brain-computer interfaces would be helpful.

New Study Examines Effect of Brain Size on Mammal Population Densities

12.23.2020 18:30 PM

A new study suggests that mammals with larger brains tend to be less abundant in local populations compared to those with smaller brains.

Scientists Invented a Wearable Device That Can Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

12.23.2020 09:30 AM

Scientists have invented a Google Glass-like wearable device that zaps Alzheimer's disease by stimulating the patients' sense of smell.

Learning New Language Benefits Our Brain

12.18.2020 08:00 AM

Here are five reasons why learning a new language is beneficial to the brain. In the past, people believed that learning more than one language is bad for a child's development and that it can result in a low IQ.

How the Brain Differentiates Factual Information From Possibility

12.08.2020 12:00 PM

A study recently published in eNeuro specifies that processing specific factual information provokes more robust activity in the brain compared to indefinite or unclear information.

Materialist Neurologist: 'The Mind is Simply What the Brain is Doing’

12.02.2020 08:00 AM

A recent open-access study of learning and decision-making in mice shows that the mind is merely what the human brain does.

Lying 101: Liars Become Better Through Practice

11.23.2020 22:00 PM

Even in the smallest little things like saying "I'm okay" even if a person is not, is already a form of lying.

Researchers Identify How Activity in the Amydala Drives Alcohol Use Disorder

11.17.2020 09:00 AM

A new study reveals what brain activity drives such behavior and opens possible therapies for people with drinking problems.

Scientists Unveiled First-Ever Reconstructed Dinosaur Brain, CT Scan Help Create 3D Model

11.11.2020 06:00 AM

Scientists recreated the 3D images of a dinosaur's brain using a perfectly preserved skeleton. Millions of years earlier, dinosaurs flourished and have been dead for hundreds of millions of years.

Maximizing Productivity: Dos and Don'ts of Listening to Music

11.10.2020 09:00 AM

Music is a part of our daily lives that typically affect our mood and concentration. Listening to music is something we love to do at any time of the day like during our daily commute to work or school, during workouts, or playing our favorite lo-fi playlist while studying.

5-Evidence Based Exercises To Improve Memory and Focus

11.10.2020 04:30 AM

The brain should be taken care of, so here are five brain exercises to improve your memory, focus, and daily functionality.

Your Happiness Might Very Well Be Inherited, Says Scientists

11.08.2020 20:00 PM

The discovery of a so-called 'happiness gene' might suggest that happiness is genetic. The rest determined by factors you can control.

Being Left-Handed Might Began Even As A Fetus, Study Suggests

11.04.2020 08:00 AM

The study from 2017 suggests that being left-handed is caused by gene expression asymmetries that have started during the first 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Lab-Grown Brains Raise Ethical Questions as They Become Sentient

10.29.2020 12:00 PM

Can lab-grown brains become sentient? If so, how will scientists measure its consciousness and what does this mean to the ethical standards of science?

Specific Brain Circuit Influences our Emotional Decison-Making

10.29.2020 06:00 AM

For years, MIT scientists have been studying how brain circuits play a role in decision-making. New research explains how motivation declines with age.

New Microscopic Laser Technique Captures 3D Brain Imaging of Zebrafish

10.26.2020 08:00 AM

Zebrafish models have been widely used to study the biology of vertebrates, including humans. Recent research has enabled scientists to develop a new technique to accurately capture 3D imaging of the zebrafish brain with implications of human neurological disorders.

Happy Endings Could Mess Up Your Brain's Decision-Making, Study Says

10.23.2020 06:00 AM

People cannot always trust that choices made based on previous experience will serve their best interests in the future, the study says.

Woman's COVID-19 Nasal Swab Results in Spinal Fluid Leakage

10.02.2020 07:40 AM

A woman from Iowa with a rare skull condition had her spinal fluids leak after a COVID-19 nasal swab test, in the first recorded injury of its kind.