Blogs: neuroscience
A missing brain circuit may explain why some people can't keep a tune.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
By Emily Singer
A new imaging nanoparticle capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier might help doctors spot brain tumors during surgery.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Katherine Bourzac
Scientists convert stem cells into functioning eyes in frogs.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
By Emily Singer
Why gambling when tired is bad; a new autism treatment; the epigenetics of child abuse.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By Emily Singer
The journey toward making "normal" obsolete.
Monday, September 17, 2007
A Harvard primatologist thinks that the invention of barbecue occurred 1.9 million years ago, fueling the expansion of the early hominid brain.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Marijuana-like cannabinoids appear in a mouse fetus at just the right time to help young neurons connect properly.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
An article in the New York Times makes me wonder what my brain will do next--and if we're ready to give up our freedom to a lump of gray tissue between our ears.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
A UC Berkeley study has found that a chemical in a man's sweat can trigger the hormones that sexually arouse women.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Brain scans suggest that altruism may be as much a part of our genes and gray matter as it is a function of free will.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology