Wired for habit
Researchers discover neurons in the brain that weigh costs and benefits to drive formation of habits.
Researchers discover neurons in the brain that weigh costs and benefits to drive formation of habits.
Researchers find that brain scans can predict the success of treatment for social anxiety disorder.
Neuroscientists and political scientists join together to advance peace and reconciliation.
MIT researchers reveal brainwave changes in patients receiving nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas.”
Neuroscientists show that multiple cortical regions are needed to process information.
Artificially reactivating positive memories could offer an alternative to traditional antidepressants.
Process that allows brains to learn and remember also leads to degeneration with age.
Scientists use optogenetics to reactivate memories that could not otherwise be retrieved.
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that controls decisions that induce high anxiety.
Edward Boyden develops techniques to study the brain, and how it operates, in finer detail.
Neuroscientists identify neurons in the amygdala that assign emotions to experience.
First demonstration that a common neurotransmitter acts via a single neuron type to enable effective information-processing.