Are Human Cell Transplants and Brain Organoids Experiments in Animals Ethical?

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.08.2021 21:31 PM

Experiments on brain organoids as well as transplanting human cells to animals have met ethical concerns for years. But a scientific panel is now reviewing how to oversee this controversial area in neuroscience.

Fingerprint Touch Inputs: New Study Demonstrates Neuron Sensitivity

03.16.2021 04:59 AM

Aside from unique identifiers used in databases and law enforcement processes, fingerprints could also serve for a more acute sense of touch - according to a new study.

Neuroscience Explains What Happens to the Brain When One is in Love

02.13.2021 01:24 AM

Love can make a person feel so many desirable and less desirable feelings. The bottom line is that something strange is happening inside the brain when a person falls in love.

New Theory Deals With Psychological Trauma Through “Primitive Memories”

12.22.2020 17:00 PM

A Luso-Brazilian neuroscientist and psychoanalyst created an unprecedented theory on dealing with the psyche's trauma, based on "primitive memory," challenging classical studies.

US-Wide Pandemic Study Shows COVID-19's Complicated Impact Beyond Respiratory System

12.10.2020 17:00 PM

Pneumonia and respiratory failure are among the most frequent complications among those who got COVID-19 infections.

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.

[FACT CHECK] Science Says Face Masks Don't Cause Oxygen Deprivation, Neurological Damage

11.04.2020 09:30 AM

Face masks may not be the most pleasant item to wear. But science says they are not depriving people of needed oxygen.

Motivation to Learn Declines With Age, Science Says

11.02.2020 06:00 AM

Researchers say having the get-up-and-go attitude toward things declines as people age. Mice research shows that ageing impacts a brain circuit that is important for learning to make certain choices.

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.

Study Suggests People Make Better Choices When the Risk of Harming Others Is Likely

08.25.2020 08:40 AM

While people are usually motivated by self-interest and gaining an advantage over others, this behavior is changed when harm is added to the equation, according to a new study.

The Importance of Blood Tests for Alzheimer's Disease Patients: 2 Neuroscientists Explain the Recent Findings

08.14.2020 10:34 AM

A blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease moved closer to reality this week after new findings were announced at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on July 29, 2020. The test showed extremely high accuracy—around 90%—for detecting chemicals in the blood that are specific for Alzheimer’s.

[BREAKTHROUGH] Scientists Discover a Particular Protein That Could Calm the Brain

06.18.2020 01:50 AM

Scientists gain insight on a brain protein responsible for the body's calm, showing promising results for future neuropsychological therapies.

A Star Is Born: Some Individuals Are Musicians Since Birth, a Study Involving 6-month Infants Suggest

06.08.2020 02:49 AM

Scientists experiment with infant responses to 'scramble-tones,' concluding that some have an inborn mechanism towards music. Watch as a fantastic one-year-old child plays a piano concert.

Learning Difficulties: Why Are They There?

03.03.2020 08:13 AM

According to a recent study, learning difficulties are mostly associated with poor connectivity and not on specific regions of the brain.

The Link Between the Brain and Architecture

02.28.2020 11:34 AM

Architecture design can be closely connected to how our brains respond to particular features of our built environment.

Study Says Having Goosebumps While Listening to Music Means your Brain is Special

01.09.2020 08:48 AM

Those who gets goosebumps while listening to music is said to have a very unique brain fiber A study was conducted by a former Harvard undergraduate named Matthew Sachs and it has shown that those who get chills and goosebumps while listening to music may have a different brain structure than those who do not get any goosebumps while listening to music.

Lego-like Therapeutic Brain Implants That Can Be Controlled by a Smartphone

08.12.2019 13:15 PM

Compact therapeutic brain implants would potentially solve current issue on complex, bulky, and short-term drug and light delivery systems.

Brain Scans of Convicted Murderers Differ from Other Prisoners, Study Says

07.30.2019 19:48 PM

The difference, as scientists hypothesize, lie on how murderers perceive empathy and morality. A research led by the University of Chicago's Irving B.

Scientists Point which Part of the Brain is Responsible for Parental Behaviors in Frogs

07.26.2019 02:26 AM

Evolution appears to have varying effects on the neural wiring for parenthood in animals. Stanford University neuroethologist Eva Fischer points out that although nearly all creatures-be it humans or animals-tend to their young, it is not yet clear how the brain produces whatever it is that's responsible for parental behaviors.

Neuroscience and Computer Vision Collaborate to Better Understand Visual Information Processing

05.06.2019 08:00 AM

It allows cognitive neuroscientists to better leverage the deep learning models that have dramatically improved artificial vision systems.

Early Detection of Alzheimer's Prior to Onset of Symptoms Now Possible

04.18.2019 21:17 PM

New technique in the use of standard MRI data paves the way for fast, early and accurate detection of dementia.