Secrets of the Learning Brain
Jacobs Foundation supports Dutch neuroscientists to spread knowledge about the learning brain to our international younger audience. [...]
Memory
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 [...]
