All Stories by Laura Sanders
- Neuroscience
Brain shot
Deciphering how the brain’s circuitry produces thought and behavior is an ambitious and enticing goal on the scale of the Apollo Program or the Human Genome Project. But the neuroscientists involved in a new federal effort have many challenges ahead.
- Neuroscience
Diuretic may treat autism, study in rodents suggests
Drug that lowers chloride levels in brain cells staves off symptoms in mice and rats.
- Neuroscience
Prosthetic provides sense of touch to man who lost hand
A new prosthetic hand restores a sense of touch by stimulating nerves in the arm.
- Health & Medicine
Should your kid eat organic? The answer is complicated
The science behind kids’ pesticide exposure is complicated and patchy.
- Health & Medicine
Your baby knows who your real friends are
Infants are surprisingly good judges of who ought to be friendly to each other.
- Neuroscience
Famous brain surgery patient H.M. retained a chunk of hippocampus
The patient's amnesia was probably due to the loss of other regions and neural connections.
- Animals
Mantis shrimp’s bizarre visual system may save brainpower
The mantis shrimp sees each color separately with one of a dozen kinds of specialized cells, a system that may help the animal quickly see colors without a lot of brainpower.
- Health & Medicine
How to read a book to your baby
To help your baby get the most out of story time, turn the story into a conversation, not a monologue.
- Neuroscience
Thinking hard weighs heavy on the brain
A balance measures the tiny changes in force due to blood flow behind a person's thoughts.
- Health & Medicine
Baby-cam captures an infant’s world
What do babies see all day? Faces. Lots of faces.
- Neuroscience
Caffeine may improve memory
Taking the stimulant after learning new information boosted people’s recall the next day.
- Neuroscience
A schizophrenia drug turns on protein factories in cells
Haloperidol reshapes neurons, which might explain how the medicine works.
