Neuroscience For Kids

neuroscience in the news

What's going on in the world of neuroscience? What's new? What's happening? With fascinating stories that focus on brain research, this page will keep you informed about the breaking discoveries and events in neuroscience.

Sleep helps wounds heal faster, ScienceNewsforStudents, April 2, 2018.
Sleep deficiency increases risk of a motor vehicle crash, Brigham and Women's Hospital, ScienceDaily, April 4, 2018.
Seven-year follow-up shows lasting cognitive gains from meditation, UC Davis, ScienceDaily, April 5, 2018.
Brain differences in athletes playing contact vs. Noncontact sports, Indiana University, ScienceDaily, April 5 2018.
Eating more fish could prevent Parkinson's disease, Chalmers University of Technology, ScienceDaily, April 23, 2018.
Soccer heading -- not collisions -- cognitively impairs players, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, ScienceDaily, April 24, 2018.
Crocodiles listen to classical music in MRI scanner, Ruhr-University Bochum, Biopsychology, ScienceDaily, May 3, 2018.
How REM and non-REM sleep may work together to help us solve problems, Cell Press, ScienceDaily, May 15, 2018.
Move it and use it: Exergaming may help those at risk of Alzheimer's or related dementias, Union College, ScienceDaily, May 15, 2018.
Owww! World's hottest chili leads to days of severe headaches, ScienceNewsforStudents, May 17, 2018.
Assessment of biomarkers of subconcussive head trauma, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, ScienceDaily, May 29,2018.
Chemical compound produces beneficial inflammation, remyelination that could help treat multiple sclerosis, University of California-Riverside, ScienceDaily, May 29, 2018.
Self-tuning brain implant could help treat patients with Parkinson's disease, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, ScienceDaily, May 29, 2018.
Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets, Duke University, ScienceDaily, May 30, 2018.
Sensory-based food education encourages children to eat vegetables, berries and fruit, University of Eastern Finland, ScienceDaily, May 30, 2018.
Graphene carpets: So neurons communicate better, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati ScienceDaily, June 12, 2018.
Researchers map brain of blind patient who can see motion, University of Western Ontario, ScienceDaily, June 12, 2018.
Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain aging, IOS Press, ScienceDaily, June 12, 2018.