Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience – Science & research news

Brain training app improves users’ concentration, study shows

March 15, 2019

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 [...]

Sleeping safe and sound with new hypnotics

February 14, 2019

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

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

Sex, drugs and estradiol: why cannabis affects women differently

November 26, 2018

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 [...]

The smell of lavender is relaxing, science confirms

November 6, 2018

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: A new study shows that the famous relaxing effects of lavender rely on sense of smell -- and that the active compound linalool could be used medically to treat anxiety

A new study shows that the famous relaxing effects of lavender rely on sense of smell; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Should ethics or human intuition drive the moral judgments of driverless cars?

May 23, 2018

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: Human intuition is sometimes at odds with ethically acceptable behavior and political guidelines for autonomous self-driving cars

People may not be happy with ethical decisions made by their self-driving cars: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Analyzing past failures may boost future performance by reducing stress

April 16, 2018

Duke, Rutgers & University of Pennsylvania researchers show for first time how writing about past failures helps boost future performance: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Childhood aggression linked to deficits in executive function

April 4, 2018

Primary school kids with lower planning and self-restraint skills are more likely to show increased aggression in middle childhood, report University of Potsdam researchers in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

New path into bipolar disorder comes to light

February 20, 2018

Research reveals a novel potential drug target and offers new insights into the underlying biology of bipolar disorder: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Do violent communities foster violent children?

November 17, 2017

Children and adolescents regularly confronted with violence have a greater tendency to show antisocial behavior, shows a study in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Lost in time and space: How challenges change the way you think

November 17, 2017

Research in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience shows that challenging situations make it harder to understand where you are and what's happening around you. [...]

Binge drinkers show similar changes in brain activity as chronic alcoholics

September 14, 2017

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Distinctive changes in brain activity in binge-drinking college students may be an early marker of brain damage, reports a study in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. [...]

Brain injury in kids might lead to alcohol abuse

August 29, 2017

Traumatic brain injuries in children and adolescents could lead to alcohol abuse in later life

Researchers find evidence that traumatic brain injuries in children and adolescents could be a risk-factor for alcohol abuse in later life [...]

Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do

July 18, 2017

The research showed that moral decisions in the scope of unavoidable traffic collisions can be explained well, and modeled, by a single value-of-life for every human, animal, or inanimate object.

Can a self-driving vehicle be moral, act like humans do, or act like humans expect humans to? New study has found that human morality can be modeled. [...]

Menstruation doesn’t change how your brain works — period

July 13, 2017

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience study suggests that hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle have no impact on aspects of cognition [...]

A way out of the junk-food eating cycle

January 30, 2017

Study shows that junk-food is habit-forming in rats – but that the habit could easily be broken by pairing it with the right environmental cues. [...]

Genes for speech may not be limited to humans

November 16, 2016

Study shows vocal communication in mice is affected by the same gene needed for speech in humans [...]