Research & Articles

Eye-Tracking Unveils Autism's Distinctive Worldview and Social Focus Shift

Researchers have discovered that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) develop distinct attentional preferences compared to typically developing children, focusing more on non-social stimuli

How Imagination Fuels Empathy and Prosocial Behavior

A new study highlights the significant role of imagination in evoking empathy and driving prosocial behavior.

Cognitive reserve is a mechanism underlying the link between openness to experience and cognitive functioning in adults

The average duration of human life has increased drastically in the past century.

Brain's 'Traffic Directors': Neurons That Keep Us Focused on Tasks

Researchers have illuminated how our brain maintains focus amidst distractions.

Stealing a Brain Hack: Exploration vs Urgency Shapes Memory and Learning

Researchers showed that when participants imagined themselves as art thieves scouting a virtual museum for a future heist, they had a better memory of the paintings they observed than those imagining...

Neuronal Boost: Lactate's Key Role in Brain Development Uncovered

The study uncovers how lactate, an exercise and metabolism byproduct, may play a vital part in brain development and neuronal differentiation.

Guidance during play enhances children's learning and development.

Can guidance during play enhance children's learning and development in educational contexts? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact

The minds of social species are strikingly resonant.

Key Brain Activity Absent in Borderline Personality Disorder

Researchers have identified a brain region, the rostro-medial prefrontal cortex, which reacts differently to social rejection in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

Mindfulness and relaxation techniques boost frontal theta power in the brains of athletes

The findings provide insights into how mindfulness and relaxation interventions can benefit athletes' mental well-being.

Rethinking Smart: Cognitive Enhancers May Diminish Performance in Those Without ADHD

Cognitive enhancers, often dubbed as smart drugs, might actually impair performance and productivity in neurotypical individuals.

How does your brain select words to communicate effectively?

The Amazing Story of How Your Brain Selects words to Communicate Effectively

How to Encourage Imaginary Play (and Why it's so Important)

Imaginary play (also known as pretend play) helps kids' cognition, emotions, and promotes problem-solving and creativity. Five ideas to help encourage your child's imaginary play.

Dopamine Function and Schizophrenia

Neuroscientists discovered how vitamin D deficiency impacts the development of neurons, contributing to disorders such as schizophrenia.

Cytoelectric Coupling: Electrical Fields Fine-Tune Brain Functioning

Akin to households arranging their TV setup for optimal viewing experience, this theory could significantly enhance our understanding of the brain's inner workings.

Can Mindfulness Change Your Brain Structure

Studies have shown that regular mindfulness practice can increase the amount of grey matter in certain regions of the brain, including the hippocampus, which is involved in memory and learning.

Exercise and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Fitness Explored

The neuroscience of fitness explores how regular exercise profoundly impacts our brain and nervous system.

Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch

Micro-saccades, or tiny eye movements, can be used as an index of our ability to anticipate relevant information in the environment, independent of the information's sensory modality.

How Do Long-Lasting Memories Form in the Brain?

How do we retain vivid memories of long-ago events?

Scientists Claim That Quantum Theory Proves Consciousness Moves To Another Universe At Death

Space and time are not objects or things, but rather tools of our animal understanding.

Brain Study Asks: Where Does All the Glucose Go?

This is the most direct and clearest evidence yet that neurons are metabolizing glucose through glycolysis and that they need this fuel to maintain normal energy levels.

Fasting May Tell the Brain To Break Down Unhealthy Molecules

Our study shows that autophagy is not only controlled in the body cells themselves, but also by the brain.

What is Visual Memory?

Visual memory is a critical factor in reading and writing.

We make thousands of unconscious decisions every day. Here's how your brain copes with that.

But how – and why – do you go from concentrating on a task to making it automatic?

Why Every Kindergarten and First-Grade School Day Should Begin with Inquiry and Imaginative Play

We must have a mindset shift in this country. A shift from seeing schools as buildings that children attend to understand reading, writing, math, and social sciences to schools as part of our communit...

In Sync Brainwaves Predict Learning

This is the first study to show that the extent to which students' and teachers' brainwaves are in sync during real-world learning can predict how well students retain information from class.

Scientists Say Child's Play Helps Build A Better Brain

When it comes to brain development, time in the classroom may be less important than time on the playground.

What are the best lucid dreaming techniques?

Lucid dreaming holds a widespread appeal, but many people simply can't do it. So what do studies show are the best techniques?

Dopamine Levels Could Determine Whether Working Out Feels Easy or Hard

Researchers have long been trying to understand why some people find physical effort easier than others.

Brain–Gut Interactions Could Explain Sleep's Mysteries

Harvard study implies that dietary choices impact sleep quality.

Cerebral Visual Impairment - What if the Brain Cannot See?

Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is a form of visual impairment that is caused by a brain problem rather than an eye problem.

Want To Make Life Easier For Your Toddler? Get Their Screen Time In Check

A study looking at what impacts executive function in toddlers offers crystal clear guidance for parents.

These Neurons Are the Reason You Yawn When You See Others Do It, And They Could Help Us Teach Children More Creatively Too

Mirror neurons are essential for the human species. Not only do they allow us to learn by observation and imitation, but they also are essential for the development of empathy and social behaviors.

How Our Brain Uses Old Information To Make Decisions

How does the brain deal with new situations? How does it make decisions?

The Books You Read Really Make You Who You Are

Stories can literally transport us into the mind and body of a character.

How We Experience and Remember Our Daily Surroundings

A new study uncovered the neural mechanisms behind how we process and memorize everyday events.

How the brain rewards pleasurable physical touch

Using optogenetics, neurobiologists traced a stimulating physical touch from the skin all the way to the reward center of the brain for the first time.

Harsh Discipline Increases Risk of Children Developing Lasting Mental Health Problems

Children who experience harsh parenting are 1.5 times more likely to have mental health systems that are considered high-risk by age nine.

Visual Stimulation Changes Fluid Flow in the Brain

Researchers at Boston University, USA report that the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is linked to waking brain activity.

Amino Acid-Starved Brains Stay Smaller Through Life

Our developing brains demand the right nutrients at the right times.

For the first time scientists observe the creation of matter from light

It should be possible to create matter from pure energy, such as light.

World-First Study Identifies Brain Changes Caused by High Blood Pressure

A new study has, for the first time, identified specific brain areas damaged by high blood pressure.

A new take on psychoneuroimmunology

Research pointing to a circuit linking the immune system and brain connects illness, stress, mood and thought in a whole new way.

How Parents' Personalities Shape Their Kids' Lives

It's a good lesson for everyone. Personalities are largely set, but behaviors can change.

Understanding How the Brain's Internal Compass Works

Scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction.

Too much pleasure causes pain

Happiness has been declining precipitously in the West for 30 years, despite better access to healthcare and education and decreases in poverty and violence. Groundbreaking Stanford psychiatrist and a...

Cross-training in hemispatial neglect: Auditory sustained attention training ameliorates visual attention deficits

A number of studies now show that deficits in non-spatial attention influence spatial attention.

5 Tips To Help Students Arrive At Their Own Understandings

How To Help Students Arrive At Their Own Understandings

Are mental health disorders ever purely biological?

Two physical anthropologists argue that you cannot pin most mental health disorders on brain chemistry alone. As antidepressants will soon be a $16B industry, the chemical imbalance theory suits busin...

Scientists Shed More Light on Retina as 'Window to Brain'

Studies Support Use of Brain Glasses to Bring Patients Relief

Neurons in Primate Area MSTd Signal Eye Movement Direction Inferred from Dynamic Perspective Cues in Optic Flow

Neurons in Primate Area MSTd Signal Eye Movement Direction Inferred from Dynamic Perspective Cues in Optic Flow.

Does Holding an Idea in Your Mind Involve Storing It in Synapses?

Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers found that information resides not in persistent neural activity, but in the pattern of their connections.

According to Psychologists, there are four types of Intelligence

People that have higher EQ and SQ tend to go further in life than those with a high IQ but low EQ and SQ. Most schools capitalize on improving IQ levels while EQ and SQ are played down. A man of high...

Spatial Biology: Location, Location, Location!

This article will review advances in multimodal IMS applications and a computational method to achieve higher resolution from spatial transcriptomics datasets.

5 Theories About the Dreaming Brain

For World Sleep Day, NNR investigates what goes on in the brain during dreams. We uncover fascinating ideas about rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, the dreams of people born blind, and ask why some drea...

The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, discover scientists

Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.

Sensory emotion regulation

Sensation and emotion are inextricably linked.

Subliminal messaging and nudge psychology lead us to believe that we can be influenced without us realizing, but just how powerful is our unconscious mind?

Subliminal messaging and nudge psychology lead us to believe that we can be influenced without us realizing, but just how powerful is our unconscious mind?

Do some cognitive functions improve with age?

Some brain functions may improve as we age.

Just 10 Minutes Of Movement Can Increase Focus & Brain Functioning

Just 10 Minutes Of Movement Can Increase Focus & Brain Functioning

'Cyclic sighing' can help breathe away anxiety

There's a growing interest in nonpharmacological ways of helping people regulate their mood. We may be able to identify certain kinds of anxiety that respond substantially to this sim...

Selective attention: How cognitive psychology can help reduce information overload

Selective attention: How cognitive psychology can help reduce information overload

Developmental Optometry For Children & Youth

The main goals of developmental optometry are to achieve a single, clear, comfortable binocular (two-eyed) vision and to develop visual-spatial, visual analysis, and visual-integration skills.

Women have more Active Brains than Men

Largest functional brain imaging study to date identifies specific brain differences between women and men.

A Role for Vision in the Development of Inhibitory Networks

Inhibitory and excitatory networks in the brain's visual system develop through different processes, even if the organization of the networks is similar.

Green eyeglasses reduce pain-related anxiety in fibromyalgia patients, study shows

May reduce need for opioids in those with chronic pain.

Vision Therapy – Help for the Brain-Eye Connection

Vision, the brain-eye connection, can be improved with practice with vision therapy.

Cup Stacking: Studies Show Cup Stacking Activities Improve Reading Test Scores and Cross-Patterning Brain Development

This article provides information on the benefits of cup stacking activities and the impact it can have on brain building for higher learning.

Alertness Training Improves Spatial Bias and Functional Ability in Spatial Neglect

A multisite, randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of a digital health intervention targeting the intrinsic regulation of goal-directed alertness in patients with c...

An Investigation of Computer-based Brain Training on the Cognitive and EEG Performance of Employees

Neurocognitive skills (e.g., processing speed, attention and memory) were hypothesized to be critical for workplace performance and by extension for the work-life balance of employees.

Can Cognitive Training Improve Shoot/Don't-Shoot Performance? Evidence from Live Fire Exercises

Recent research suggests that shoot/don't-shoot errors (e.g., commission errors of shooting at nonhostile or unarmed civilians) can be linked to specific cognitive abilities, and these errors could be...

Improving Attentiveness: Effect of Cognitive Training on Sustained Attention Measures

The study presented in this article investigates the role of sustained attention as a primary contributor to electric line worker incidents.

Researchers Find Missing Link Between the Brain and Immune System

Implications profound for neurological diseases from autism to Alzheimer's to multiple sclerosis.