- Whales and dolphins lead 'human-like lives' thanks to big brains, says study https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/16/whales-and-dolphins-human-like-societies-thanks-to-their-big-brains 7 comments worldnews
- Brains grew faster as humans evolved study shows https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Research-News/Brains-grew-faster-as-humans-evolved-study-shows 3 comments science
- Study Maps The Odd Structural Similarities Between The Human Brain And The Universe https://www.sciencealert.com/wildly-fun-new-paper-compares-the-human-brain-to-the-structure-of-the-universe 3 comments science
- Human brain mapping study suggests you might be hard-wired for altruism. http://www.psypost.org/2016/03/human-brain-mapping-study-suggests-might-hard-wired-altruism-41753 11 comments science
- According to a new study human brains react to loneliness in an almost exactly opposite way to the way they react to feelings of wisdom. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoc--hdy030521.php 16 comments science
- The human language pathway in the brain has been identified by scientists as being at least 25 million years old -- 20 million years older than previously thought. The study illuminates the remarkable transformation of the human language pathway https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2020/04/originsoflanguage25millionyearsold/ 550 comments science
- Human fetal (n=118) study - Sex differences in functional connectivity during fetal brain development https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1878929318301245 9 comments science
- Study shows that Macaques possess the vocal anatomy to produce "clearly intelligible" human speech but lack the brain circuitry to do so. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s48/11/24a68/?section=topstories 33 comments science
- Philosophers have long debated whether humans are essentially compassionate and cooperative or hostile and competitive. For those who study the brain and behavior, the answer is clear: both. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/dn-brenner_0725edi.11225e89.html 5 comments philosophy
- Harvard study finds first-ever link between neurotransmitter in the human brain and onset of autism http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/s0960-9822%2815%2901413-x 12 comments science
- Humans have a magnetic sense of direction like pigeons! 'Compass' found in migratory birds and sea turtles may be shared by people, brain scan study suggests https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6822849/humans-ancient-magnetic-sense-direction-like-pigeons.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 7 comments worldnews
- Chimps Outplay Humans in Brain Games: In a recent study by psychologists, chimps and humans played a strategy game – and unexpectedly, the chimps outplayed the humans. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chimps-outplay-humans-in-brain-games/ 308 comments science
- Are Some Psychiatric Disorders a pH Problem? Increased acidity found in schizophrenia and bipolar patients’ brains raises treatment questions, finds new study of post-mortem human brains and mouse models published in Neuropsychopharmacology. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-some-psychiatric-disorders-a-ph-problem/ 23 comments science
- Scientists have uncovered that the added influence of confident people may be down to our biology. By studying brain activity, academics discerned that human brains are geared for placing added value on opinions of confident people. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2016/12/09/jneurosci.4490-15.2016.1 9 comments science
- Study suggests that two adjacent brain regions allow humans to build new thoughts using a sort of conceptual algebra, mimicking the operations of silicon computers that represent variables and their changing values http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/how-the-brain-builds-new-thoughts/ 27 comments science
- An error that created a duplicate gene long ago may be responsible for critical features of the human brain, according to a new study. http://www.livescience.com/20102-copying-mistake-build-man-brain.html 175 comments science
- Key brain region was “recycled” as humans developed the ability to read: Part of the visual cortex dedicated to recognizing objects appears predisposed to identifying words and letters, a study finds https://news.mit.edu/2020/brain-recycled-ability-read-0804 35 comments science
- Human brains naturally shrink with age. But a study that followed 401 people in their 70s found that the brains of those who adhered more closely to a Mediterranean-style diet shrank significantly less over a period of three years. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2116971-brain-shrinks-less-in-older-people-who-eat-mediterranean-diet/ 26 comments science
- A study of the brains of rats exposed to lead has uncovered striking similarities with what is known about the brains of human schizophrenia patients, adding compelling evidence that lead is a factor in the onset of schizophrenia. http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/rat-brains-point-leads-role-schizophrenia 23 comments science
- Study shows direct brain interface between humans: Sometimes, words just complicate things. What if our brains could communicate directly with each other, bypassing the need for language? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141105154507.htm 7 comments science
- Are Humans Inadvertently Helping Make Animals Smarter? | A new study shows that changes in the environment caused by people are helping animals to evolve bigger brains. http://www.alternet.org/environment/are-humans-inadvertently-helping-make-animals-smarter 2 comments science
- Which Neurons Go to Sleep First in Humans: fMRI Can Tell. By linking blood flow patterns to bioelectric signals in the brains of sleeping volunteers, scientists are studying the order in which brain regions fall asleep and wake up. https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/which-neurons-go-to-sleep-first-in-humans-fmri-can-tell-70340 17 comments science
- The unique pleasure that humans experience from music is a result of the way the brain's auditory and reward circuits communicate, according to a new study that proved this for the first time by stimulating regions of the brain with magnetic currents while people listened and reacted to music https://academictimes.com/new-study-reveals-what-music-does-to-our-brains/ 6 comments science
- America’s most widely consumed oil causes genetic changes in the brain. Study in mice. If it applies to humans, too, it could have implications for neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, and depression. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/01/17/americas-most-widely-consumed-oil-causes-genetic-changes-brain 87 comments science
- Harsh sound like screams hijack brain areas involved in pain and aversion, making them impossible to ignore, suggests a new study, which found rough sounds with fluctuations in the range of 40-80 Hz particularly awful, frequencies used by alarms and human screams, including those of a baby. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/10/04/harsh-sounds-like-screams-hijack-brain-areas-involved-in-pain-and-aversion-making-them-impossible-to-ignore/ 761 comments science
- Brain-eating amoebae, which are almost always deadly, killed by silver nanoparticles coated with anti-seizure drugs while sparing human cells, finds a new study. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2018/acs-presspac-october-24-2018/brain-eating-amoebae-halted-by-silver-nanoparticles.html 267 comments science
- Human memory-saving devices get $37.5m research boost from DARPA: Groups will study brain patterns, implant devices that deliver personalized stimulation. http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/human-memory-saving-devices-get-37-5m-research-boost-from-darpa/ 7 comments technology
- The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought, finds a study of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted in their brain tissue for medical reasons. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03116-8 38 comments science
- Neurons in the brain of a fruit fly fire at a similar frequency range to humans when they are paying attention, while when they sleep, fruit flies experience the same stages of brain activity that produce vivid dreams in humans, a twin study has found. https://qbi.uq.edu.au/article/2020/11/fruit-fly-offers-new-insights-attention-and-sleep 13 comments science
- A study published today in Nature: Human Behavior found that people who had extensive childhood exposure to Pokèmon have a brain region that seems specialized to processing images of Pokèmon, when compared to controls https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0594-6 248 comments science
- New research from MIT discovers that the human protein CPG2 is significantly less present in the brains of people who do not have bipolar disorder. Their study, however, doesn’t necessarily point to the protein as the cause of the disorder. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0314-z 7 comments science
- Stem cell brain implants could 'slow ageing and extend life', study shows. Researchers hope to launch human trials as breakthrough shows hypothalamus controls ageing, with treated mice remaining fitter and living 10-15% longer https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/26/stem-cell-brain-implants-could-slow-ageing-and-extend-life-study-shows 144 comments science
- Study finds that a chemical used to detect amyloid plaques found in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s extended the lifespan of thousands of roundworms. Worms were used because they feature more genetic diversity than can be found between mice and humans and so respond to interventions differently http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/chemical-used-detect-sticky-buildup-brains-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-victims-extends-roundworm-lifespan/20170308#.wmmbmfnyviv 3 comments science
- Study cracks how the brain processes emotions: Although feelings are personal and subjective, the human brain turns them into a standard code that objectively represents emotions across different senses, situations and even people, reports a new study http://www.sciencenewsline.com/articles/2014071000080017.html 2 comments science
- Brain-like functions emerging in a metallic nanowire network, reports new Japanese study, able to generate electrical characteristics similar to those associated with higher order brain functions unique to humans, such as memorization, learning, forgetting, becoming alert and returning to calm. https://www.nims.go.jp/eng/news/press/2019/11/201911110.html 8 comments science
- Brain damage induced by heavy alcohol use persists for six weeks after a person quits drinking. Study on humans and rats shows significant changes in white matter structure between controls and heavy drinkers, even after weeks of abstinence. https://www.inverse.com/article/54579-alcohol-brain-white-matter-damage 20 comments science
- The dominant hypothesis for why we evolved such large brains suggests that challenging social interactions were the driving force. A new study finds evidence against this idea and shows that human brain expansion was likely driven by ecology. http://cerebellos.com/why-do-humans-have-such-large-brains-our-study-suggests-ecology-was-the-driving-force/ 13 comments science
- A study on rats (who have brains that share similar structure and connectivity with humans) found that when a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, it causes disturbances in brain structure and function that are found in people at risk for a neuropsychiatric disorde https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/05/iupui/releases/03-maternal-deprivation-alters-adult-brain.html 402 comments science
- In a first-of-its-kind study, neuroscientists have demonstrated the viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans. The highly novel findings describe the successful transmission of information via the internet between the intact scalps of two human subjects – located 5,000 miles apart. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/bidm-rdd090314.php 5 comments science
- Caffeine consumption slows down brain development "In their recently published study conducted on rats, the conclusions call for caution: in pubescent rodents, caffeine intake equating to three to four cups of coffee per day in humans results in reduced deep sleep and a delayed brain development." http://www.snf.ch/e/media/pressreleases/pages/2013.aspx?newsid=2042&webid=f6b532fb-64ed-466f-8816-193d4de8dc94 1125 comments science