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What If Animals Feel More Than We Think… and How Is Science Proving It?New scientific studies reveal animals possess complex inner lives. Dogs sense human emotions, while rats and mice exhibit sophisticated bra...
Not early mornings, brain learns the best when it's least expected. Best time to absorb new information, finds studyA new study from Tohoku University suggests that the brain’s ability to form long-term memories varies across the day. Researchers found th...
Rats like being around people, says new studyHumanity's future is with the rat, a social and empathetic animal. So it's time we understood our shadows.
Another reason to jump into the pool: Swimming can help improve memory, mood and immunityFor centuries, people have been in search of a fountain of youth.
Not just your gut, prebiotics may improve quality of sleep as wellPrebiotic diet may also boost stress resilience.
- Decoded: Which brain region helps us stay conscious?
New York, June 22 (IANS) Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found that a brain region -- associated with cognitive behaviours...
Deep sleep reinforces new motor skills learningSleep appears to reduce neural activity that is not related to a task we are in the process of learning.
- Deep sleep reinforces learning of motor skills: Study
San Francisco, Aug 14 (IANS) Neuroscientists at the University of California here have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor sk...
Why scientists are picking rats’ brainsBy studying the brain in a dish and rat brains together, scientists at NCBS hope to understand autism and, by extension, other disorders of...
Rats, cockroaches are wired with GPS!The researchers recorded cell activities in an area of the brain called the central complex while roaches were restrained in a tube.
3D 'mini-brains' developed in labThe creation of these 'mini-brains' could dramatically change how new drugs are tested for effectiveness and safety, researchers said.
Scientists develop wireless, dissolvable sensors to monitor brainScientists have developed wireless sensors that monitor pressure and temperature inside the brain and then are absorbed by the body.
Mathematical method shows structure in brain neural activityThey then analysed the pairwise correlations of this activity - how the firing of each neuron was related to the firing of every other neur...
- Scientists create virtual rat brain
Scientists have created a virtual rat brain made up of 30,000 neurons, 55 layers of cells and 207 different neuron subtypes.
Now, an oral drug to treat alcoholismAlcohol triggers the brain to release neurochemical dopamine. Some drugs available to treat alcoholism are aimed at dopamine.
Food of the gods?A part of the answer may lie in the fact that the areas of the brain that lit up differently in the insatiable rodents were areas associate...
- Move it and lose it: Sitting still may trigger the bulge in you
Many traditions equate stillness with spiritual smartness. But sitting still, which might make you fly spiritually, could also make your bu...