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Alzheimer’s impact on the brain is broader than we thought and 4 other fascinating Frontiers articles you don’t want to miss

July 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science communications manager Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens [...]

Rats can learn to navigate by watching their friends, helping us learn more about our own ‘internal GPS’

July 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Image credit: Jesus Cobaleda/Shutterstock.com Researchers are one step closer to understanding the ‘internal GPS’ of [...]

This illusion, new to science, is strong enough to trick our reflexes

June 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer An illusion new to science shows that the pupillary light reflex, which controls the width of the pupil in anticipation of [...]

Discovery in the brains of army veterans with chronic pain could pave way for personalized treatments

May 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

Discovery in Frontiers in Pain Research in the brains of army veterans with chronic pain could pave way for personalized treatments [...]

We are more satisfied with life as we age, thanks to this neurochemical

April 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

We are more satisfied with life as we age, thanks to this neurochemical, study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Most read articles of February 2022: Does life really flash before our eyes before death?

March 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range [...]

Possible treatment for tinnitus? 4 fascinating Frontiers articles you may have missed

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]

Children may instinctively know how to do division even before hitting the books, study finds

February 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Peter Rejcek, science writer Image: Fizkes/Shutterstock.com Beginning at an early age, children can perform simple mathematical calculations using an intuitive ability to [...]

3 articles you need to check out on the future of neural circuit research

February 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock.com In an ever-changing field of research such as neural circuits, it can be difficult [...]

A replay of life: What happens in our brain when we die?

February 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Maryam Clark, science writer Image: Okrasiuk/Shutterstock.com Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain and discovered rhythmic brain wave patterns [...]

‘Try to reverse these wrong stereotypes’ – an interview with Prof Sarah Garfinkel & Dr Lisa Quadt #WomeninScience

February 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Janine Gronewold and Miriam Engels Interviewee Prof Sarah Garfinkel Interviewee Dr Lisa Quadt During the Covid-19 pandemic, with its repeated lockdowns and social [...]

Exposure to CO2 after traumatic experience strengthens fearful memories in mice

November 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Image credit: By Stefan_Sutka / Shutterstock.com Mice who inhale CO2 within hours after forming a new fearful memory show [...]

Infographic: How grid cells in the brain help us navigate the world

November 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

Image: Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock.com Have you ever asked yourself what is it in our brains that actually helps us navigate in the world? Helping us answer that [...]

Surprising ‘fight or flight’ discovery in sleepwalkers paves way to new understanding of phenomenon

June 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Image: New Africa/Shutterstock.com New research published in the open access journal Frontiers investigating the biological mysteries [...]

Twin study is first to reveal common genetic risk factors for PTSD and migraine

June 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Conn Hastings, science writer Image credit: LanaG/Shutterstock.com While scientists have known that PTSD and migraine often co-occur, no one had studied this link before [...]

Breakthrough study shows defining traits are forged the moment we’re born

June 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

Functional brain connectivity networks with behavioral relevance are already present in young infants, finds new study in Frontiers in Psychiatry. [...]

Head to toe: Study reveals brain activity behind missed penalty kicks

May 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

What's the neuroscience behind missing a penalty kick due to overthinking? Frontiers in Computer Science [...]

No longer science fiction: Mind reading through EEG could soon become reality

April 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Electroencephalograms could soon be used to read minds: Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

From ghosts to evil genies: How the world experiences terrifying sleep paralysis very differently

March 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer/Dr Baland Jalal, Harvard University and University of Cambridge Dr Baland Jalal. Image: Dr Bamo Jalal Dr Baland Jalal has spent years [...]

Learning a new language gives your brain a temporary activity boost

March 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

How do brain activity patterns change when people learn new a language? Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone

March 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

Unique, complex information in analog methods likely gives brain more details to trigger memory: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Your favorite music can send your brain into a pleasure overload

November 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

How are "chills" from music reflected in brain activity? Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

New webinar series from Frontiers in Neuroergonomics

October 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

New series of virtual seminars for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of neuroergonomics and its applications. [...]

Musical training can improve attention and working memory in children – study

October 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

What are the cognitive benefits of music training on the developing brain of children? Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Negative emotions cause stronger appetite responses in emotional eaters

June 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

Findings on emotional eating may help in the early detection and treatment of eating disorders: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

A new potential target for the treatment of alcohol-withdrawal induced depression

May 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Alcohol withdrawal impacts the physiology of somatostatin neurons in brain areas associated with emotional processing and addiction: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

Players of action real-time strategy games better allocate brain resources between competing visual stimuli: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [...]

Study finds empathy can be detected in people whose brains are at rest

February 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

Findings may help health care professionals better assess those with autism, schizophrenia: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience [...]

What goes up may actually be down

January 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

Researchers use virtual reality to show that people anticipate the force of gravity by “seeing it” through visual cues rather than “feeling it”: Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Contaminating a fake rubber hand could help people overcome OCD, study suggests

January 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

'Rubber hand illusion' could help people overcome OCD condition without stressful exposure therapy: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [...]

Justified and unjustified movie violence evokes different brain responses

December 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

The perceived intent of violence in movies activates different centers of the brain: in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Self-cannibalizing mitochondria may set the stage for ALS development

November 14, 2019 // 5 Comments

Powerhouses of the cell ‘eat themselves up’ jumpstart path to neurodegenerative disease; Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience [...]

Is this brain cell your ‘mind’s eye’?

October 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

Only brain activity involving ‘L5p neurons’ enters conscious awareness, says new theory; Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience [...]

Magnets can help AI get closer to the efficiency of the human brain

May 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

New brain-like networks could help robots approach human-like efficiency at object recognition tasks; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Gender-biased protein may play role in autism

April 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

A study suggests that autism-related brain proteins are more tightly regulated in females than in males; Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience [...]

Brain training app improves users’ concentration, study shows

March 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Cambridge researchers have developed and tested 'Decoder', a new game that is aimed at helping users improve their attention and concentration; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

March 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Scientists have developed a new AI tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder quickly and affordably: Frontiers in Neurology [...]

New target could help protect vision following optic nerve trauma

March 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

A new study sheds light on the mechanism of prolonged neuronal degeneration following optic nerve injury, which could provide treatment targets for preserving eyesight; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Sleeping safe and sound with new hypnotics

February 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Japanese scientists have shown that a new class of sleeping pill preserves the ability to wake in response to threats like earthquakes or intruders – unlike Ambien, Halcion and other market leaders; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

So cute you could crush it?

January 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

A UC Riverside professor's first-of-its-kind study explores the neural underpinnings of cute aggression; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Computer hardware designed for 3D games could hold the key to replicating human brain

January 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

The group used graphics processing units (GPUs) to run their brain simulation software, which is already powering drones that think like insects and could help pinpoint the disease in the human brain; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Mind control pioneer adds new channels to the brain remote control

January 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

Bioengineers have created new tools for controlling neurons with light, that allow researchers to probe deeper into the function of the brain; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

10 ways your research shaped the last decade

December 17, 2018 // 1 Comment

As Frontiers celebrates its 10th anniversary, we look back at 10 ways our authors' research has contributed to, and built on, breakthroughs of the past decade. [...]

Autism is associated with zinc deficiency in early development — now a study links the two

December 6, 2018 // 3 Comments

Frontiers in Neuroscience: Researchers have discovered a mechanistic link between zinc, autism risk genes and abnormal neuronal connections associated with autism spectrum disorders

Researchers have discovered a mechanistic link between zinc, risk genes and abnormal neuronal connections in autism; Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience [...]

Blue Brain Project releases first-ever digital 3D brain cell atlas

November 28, 2018 // 4 Comments

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics: The Blue Brain Cell Atlas allows anyone to visualize every region in the mouse brain, cell-by-cell – and freely download data for new analyses and modelling.

The Blue Brain Cell Atlas allows anyone to visualize every region in the mouse brain, cell-by-cell; Frontiers in Neuroinformatics [...]

Sex, drugs and estradiol: why cannabis affects women differently

November 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: Females use and experience cannabis differently to males -- and neuroscience is beginning to explain why, says a new review

Females use and experience cannabis differently to males -- and neuroscience is beginning to explain why, says new review; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Older adults fitted with cochlear implants exhibit poor brain function

November 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

Image of an older person's ear: Cochlear implants do not fully compensate for the cognitive decline that has been associated with the loss of hearing in the elderly: Frontiers in Neuroscience

Cochlear implants do not fully compensate for the cognitive decline that has been associated with the loss of hearing in the elderly: Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]