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.

Sniffing out Parkinson's disease, American Chemical Society, ScienceDaily, March 20, 2019.
Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words, Northwestern University, ScienceDaily, March 21, 2019.
Evidence for a Human Geomagnetic Sense, California Institute of Technology, ScienceDaily, March 21, 2019.
3D-printed transparent skull provides a window to the brain, University of Minnesota. ScienceDaily, April 2, 2019.
Alzheimer's diagnosis, management improved by brain scans, Alzheimer's Association, ScienceDaily, April 2, 2019.
Why sleeping in on the weekend won't work, ScienceNewsforStudents, April 9, 2019.
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.