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.

Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains, TIME magazine, December 29, 2020.
General anesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades, University of Turku, ScienceDaily, December 29, 2020.
Sleep evolved before brains did, study finds, Live Science, January 10, 2021.
New treatment allows some people with spinal cord injury to regain hand and arm function, University of Washington, ScienceDaily, January 12, 2021.
Tapping the brain to boost stroke rehabilitation, University of Houston, ScienceDaily, January 12, 2021.
Rotten egg gas could guard against Alzheimer's disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine, ScienceDaily, January 12, 2021.
Researchers Pinpoint Fear of Heights in the Brain, BrainFacts.org, January 12, 2021.
Active Kids Have Healthier Brains, BrainFacts.org, January 12, 2021.
MIND and Mediterranean diets associated with later onset of Parkinson's disease, University of British Columbia, ScienceDaily, January 13, 2021.
Compound protects myelin, nerve fibers, Oregon Health & Science University, ScienceDaily, January 13, 2021.
Compound from medicinal herb kills brain-eating amoebae in lab studies, American Chemical Society ScienceDaily, January 13, 2021.
Sleep Twitches Shape Babies' Growing Brains, BrainFacts.org, January 15, 2021.
Eye tests predict Parkinson's-linked cognitive decline 18 months ahead, University College London, ScienceDaily, January 19, 2021.
Deep sleep takes out the trash, Northwestern University ScienceDaily, January 20, 2021.
Size of connections between nerve cells determines their signaling strength, University of Zurich, ScienceDaily, January 21, 2021.
Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain, Allen Institute, ScienceDaily, January 21, 2021.
Afternoon napping linked to better mental agility, BMJ, ScienceDaily, January 25, 2021.
Wirelessly rechargeable soft brain implant controls brain cells, The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), ScienceDaily, January 26, 2021.
Hypnotic suggestions can make a complex task easy by helping vision fill in the blanks, Association for Psychological Science, ScienceDaily, January 27, 2021.
New realm of personalized medicine with brain stimulation, University of Southern California. ScienceDaily, February 1, 2021.
Sleep keeps teens on track for good mental health, University of South Australia, ScienceDaily, February 10, 2021.
Mediterranean-style diet linked to better thinking skills in later life, University of Edinburgh, ScienceDaily, February 10, 2021.
Choir singing can improve cognitive functioning among the elderly, University of Helsinki, ScienceDaily, February 10, 2021.
Can privacy coexist with technology that reads and changes brain activity?, ScienceNews, February 11, 2021.
Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure, University of Basel, ScienceDaily, February 16, 2021.
You snooze, you lose - with some sleep trackers, West Virginia University, ScienceDaily, February 17, 2021.
People Answer Scientists' Queries in Real Time while Dreaming, Scientific American, February 18, 2021.
Scientists break through the wall of sleep to the untapped world of dreams, NSF Science Matters, February 19, 2021.
Are Dolphins Right-Handed or Left-Handed?, Scientific American, February 21, 2021.
Sleep is vital to associating emotion with memory, study finds, University of Michigan, ScienceDaily, February 22, 2021.
ALS neuron damage reversed with new compound, Northwestern University, ScienceDaily, February 23, 2021.
Seasonal variation in daylight influences brain function, University of Turku, ScienceDaily, February 23, 2021.