Neuroscience

  1. Animals

    Ants don’t make decisions on the move

    Worker ants stand still while processing environmental cues and planning their next moves, a new study suggests.

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  2. Neuroscience

    His stress is not like her stress

    When the pressure doesn’t let up, men and women react differently. The root of the difference may be messaging within the brain.

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  3. Neuroscience

    Pain produces memory gain

    Searing pain can burn memories into the brain.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Shrub cells are true to form

    New cell types discovered in the brains of mice

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  5. Neuroscience

    Mini microscope is a window into live muscle tissue

    A tiny microscope offers unprecedented views of live human muscles.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Year in review: Alzheimer’s protein behaves like a prion

    Under rare conditions, an Alzheimer’s-related protein may have jumped between people, scientists reported this year.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Year in review: ‘Speed cells’ help make navigation possible

    The discovery of speed cells in the brain filled in a missing piece in the understanding of how the brain creates an internal map of the world.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Year in review: Gaps in brain nets might store memories

    Holes in nets that surround nerve cells may store long-term memories, scientists proposed this year.

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  9. Neuroscience

    Brain shapes come from mom and dad

    By linking genes to brain shapes, scientists have a new way to study how the brain works.

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  10. Neuroscience

    Busy eyes can make ears go temporarily deaf

    When challenged with a tough visual task, people are less likely to perceive a tone, suggesting that perceptual overload can jump between senses.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Eyes hard at work can make ears go temporarily deaf

    When challenged with a tough visual task, people are less likely to perceive a tone, suggesting that perceptual overload can jump between senses.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    High-potency pot smokers show brain-fiber damage

    People who smoke potent pot had signs of damage in a brain communication link.

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