How the brain processes emotions
Neuroscientists identify circuits that could play a role in mental illnesses, including depression.
Learning more about the brain
Pawan Sinha explores the cognitive dynamics behind our visual understanding of the world around us.
Study reveals a basis for attention deficits
New findings could help scientists develop treatments for ADHD and other disorders.
A new glimpse into working memory
Study finds bursts of neural activity as the brain holds information in mind, overturns a long-held model.
“Lost” memories can be found
Neuroscientists retrieve missing memories in mice with early Alzheimer’s symptoms.
Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state
Gene required for the control of behavioral state is also found in humans, may be linked to autism.
It's all in our heads
Political science PhD student Marika Landau-Wells is using psychology and neuroscience to better understand political behavior.
Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms
Turning on a gene later in life can restore typical behavior in mice.
How neurons lose their connections
Scientists identify protein that allows brain cells to dampen their sensitivity.
Stimulus plan?
Interest is growing in brain stimulation devices — and regulating them may prove tricky.
Study finds altered brain chemistry in people with autism
Neuroscientists link autism to reduced activity of key neurotransmitter in human brain.
Music in the brain
For the first time, scientists identify a neural population highly selective for music.
How one gene contributes to two diseases
Neuroscientists unravel Shank3 gene’s role in autism and schizophrenia.