neuroscience

"We need to redefine how thinking occurs."

When people's political beliefs are challenged, their brains become active in areas that govern personal identity and emotional responses to threats.

Emotional experiences can induce physiological and internal brain states that persist for long periods of time after the emotional events have ended, according to new research. 

The festive season is an intense time of year. Neuroscience can shed some light on what it does to our brains.

"We see a big potential for this research to help people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases to become more independent without a need for surgical implants."

Rather than targeting amyloid plaques, attacking the Alzheimer's Tau protein induced a positive immune response in 29 of the 30 study volunteers.

After just four days, researchers observed an incredible 71.5 percent increase in the generation of neural cells.