Our ability to want to help others is controlled by a very specific area in the brain, according to a study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Understanding how
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Light-deprived rodents can adapt to light faster than previously believed, as their brain shows incredible plastic abilities, according to a study published in PLOS Biology. The authors suggest these results
Older people who play brain games have the same memory abilities as people in their 20s, according to a study published in the journal Heliyon. The study also found that they
Intelligent people are faster when tackling simple tasks but take longer to solve complex problems compared to people with lower IQ scores, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
Modern dogs have larger brains compared to breeds that are thousands of years old, according to a study published in the journal Evolution. A team of Hungarian and Swedish researchers
Plastics we ingest can cross the blood-brain barrier and accumulate in the brain, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nanomaterials. The authors warn that it is crucial
A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, review how learning with all their senses can help pupils learn in the classroom.
A team from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam showed how humans can feel the pain of others: what happens to other people is directly mapped onto neurons in
Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden identified the mechanism that makes people decide to intervene and help others in danger. It turns out, the system that protects us from
A team of researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH in Alicante, Spain, managed to obtain images of brain inflammation using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance, according to a study published in