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.

Music lessons improve children's cognitive skills and academic performance, ScienceDaily, March 26, 2018.
Honeybees may unlock the secrets of how the human brain works, University of Sheffield, ScienceDaily, March 27, 2018.
Why we struggle to get good night's sleep as we get older, University of Kent, ScienceDaily, March 27, 2018.
Toxins from the world's longest animal can kill cockroaches, ScienceNews, March 30, 2018.
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.