From microbes all the way to space with Young Minds
Come aboard our special Young Minds bus and discover the journey along 10 of our articles we have prepared for you. [...]
Memory
Secrets of the Learning Brain
Jacobs Foundation supports Dutch neuroscientists to spread knowledge about the learning brain to our international younger audience. [...]
Scientists have built an artificial human brain cell
The most advanced digital replica of human neurons ever made reveals that our brain cells are unique; Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience [...]
Social ties could preserve memory, slow brain aging
Research suggests that merely having a larger social network can positively influence the aging brain: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience [...]
Virtual avatar-to-avatar interviews may improve eyewitness testimony
Interviews in virtual reality may increase the accuracy and amount of recalled information: Frontiers in Psychology [...]
Lost in time and space: How challenges change the way you think
Research in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience shows that challenging situations make it harder to understand where you are and what's happening around you. [...]
Elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness
Elderly female yoga practitioners have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, suggesting that yoga may protect against cognitive decline. [...]
Plant reveals anti-Alzheimer’s compounds
Japanese scientists develop a new technique to isolate active therapeutic compounds for Alzheimer's disease from plants. [...]
Alcohol and problems remembering: can caffeine help?
Recent study challenges the view that the negative side effects of these drugs can be cancelled out when they are taken together [...]
Honeybee memories: another piece of the Alzheimer’s puzzle?
Researchers show a molecular mechanism that regulates memory specificity over time, and point to how understanding memory in honeybees could help us combat degenerative brain diseases [...]
Eat Mediterranean: your brain will reap the benefit
The Mediterranean diet can improve your mind, as well your heart, shows a study published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Nutrition. [...]
Seasonal allergies could change your brain
by Reeteka Sud, Frontiersin.org Hay fever may do more than give you a stuffy nose and itchy eyes — seasonal allergies may change the brain, says a study published in [...]
Frontiers in the News: A Novel Case of Musical Hallucinations
Two neurologists from Illinois report a unique case of musical hallucinations that they say raises “intriguing” questions regarding memory, forgetting, and access [...]