Aug 12, 2015 by News Staff

A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has revealed an intrinsic biological difference between males and females in the molecular regulation...

Jul 9, 2015 by News Staff

A team of neuroscientists at Duke University published two separate studies today, one involving rats and the other involving rhesus macaque monkeys, that...

Feb 27, 2015 by News Staff

A gene that is responsible for brain size in modern Homo sapiens and their ancient relatives, Neanderthals and Denisovans, has been identified by a team...

Oct 27, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists headed by Dr Scott Small of Columbia University, flavanols – naturally occurring bioactives found in the cacao...

Oct 3, 2014 by News Staff

The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about that topic. A new study carried out by California University scientists...

Sep 4, 2014 by News Staff

In a groundbreaking study, scientists led by Dr Giulio Ruffini of Starlab Barcelona, Spain, have successfully transmitted the words ‘hola’ and ‘ciao’...

Jun 10, 2014 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, rats can feel regret – a cognitive behavior once thought to be uniquely human. Rats...

Jun 5, 2014 by News Staff

Individuals who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the second language in adulthood, may slow down cognitive decline from aging, according...

May 28, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational team of researchers led by Dr Philipp Khaitovich from Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has suggested...

Apr 4, 2014 by News Staff

A new study, reported in the American Journal of Human Genetics, confirms that a gene called USP9X is critical to the earliest stages of the human brain...

Nov 1, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology have discovered that dogs communicate more information about their feelings with their tails than...

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers from the University of Exeter, UK, have used the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology to map the different ways in which...

Oct 1, 2013 by Bhuminder Singh

We would like to think that scientific efforts are free of trends and human whims and proceed in a straight line for the good of humanity; but this is...

Aug 7, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a study published in journal Nature Communications, sleep deprivation can make us crave junk food more than healthy food. The study sheds...

Jul 23, 2013 by News Staff

European scientists reporting in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have identified how unique neural pathways in the brain allows...

Jul 17, 2013 by News Staff

Biologists led by Dr Don Arnold and Dr Richard Roberts from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have released an astonishing picture of...

Jun 7, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new small study of healthy women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics has provided the first evidence that changing the bacterial...

Jun 5, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, the width of blood vessels in the retina – a light-sensitive layer at the...

May 7, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Australian scientists have created the most detailed atlas of the mouse brain, a development that is helping in the fight against brain disease. 3D surface...

May 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

In two studies published in Physical Review Letters and PNAS, British mathematicians have attempted to explain how the structure of the brain relates to...