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.

Art can make science easier to remember, ScienceNewsforStudents, April 15, 2019.
The smell of fear may make it hard for dogs to track some people, ScienceNewsforStudents, April 16, 2019.
People may indeed have a sixth sense -- for magnetism, ScienceNewsforStudents, April 19, 2019.
Brains of blind people adapt to sharpen sense of hearing, University of Washington, ScienceDaily, April 22, 2019.
Scientists take a step toward decoding speech from the brain, Scientific American, April 24, 2019.
Which car crashes cause traumatic brain injury, University of Arizona College of Engineering, ScienceDaily, April 24, 2019.
Smelling with your tongue, Monell Chemical Senses Center, ScienceDaily, April 24, 2019.
A neural implant can translate brain activity into sentences, ScienceNews, April, 24, 2019.
New device translates brain activity into speech, National Geographic, April 24, 2019.
Exercise activates memory neural networks in older adults, University of Maryland, ScienceDaily, April 25, 2019.
Study finds biomarker of CTE in some former athletes with multiple concussions, American Academy of Neurology, ScienceDaily, May 8, 2019.
Broccoli sprout compound may restore brain chemistry imbalance linked to schizophrenia, Johns Hopkins Medicine, ScienceDaily, May 8, 2019.
Meet the Animals That Literally Sleep with One Eye Open, Scientific American, June, 2019.
Regular crosswords and number puzzles linked to sharper brain in later life, University of Exeter, ScienceDaily, May 16, 2019.
Concussion symptoms reversed by magnetic therapy, University of Saskatchewan. ScienceDaily, May 30, 2019.
Circadian clocks: Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, University of California - Irvine, ScienceDaily, May 30, 2019.
The Naked Mole-Rat is Impervious to Certain Kinds of Pain. It's Not Alone, NOVA NEXT, May 30, 2019.
Elephants Can Use Scent to Distinguish More From Less, NOVA NEXT, June 3, 2019.
Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech, IOS Press, ScienceDaily, June 3, 2019.
First blood-brain barrier chip using stem cells, American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ScienceDaily, June 12, 2019.
Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing, University of Exeter, ScienceDaily, June 13, 2019.