Anyone who knows me also knows that I have a huge sweet tooth. I always have. My friend and fellow graduate student Andrew is equally afflicted, and living in Hershey, Pennsylvania – the “Chocolate…

A new mathematical analysis tool can numerically describe the skull as an extended network structured in ten modules.  Anatomical Network Analysis (AnNA) is based on network analysis…

People are not as conscious of tasting fat as they are of other taste qualities. John Benson, CC BY By Russell Keast, Deakin University Humans are thought to be able to taste five qualities but…

The brain’s GPS wouldn't be much value if its maps of our surroundings that were not calibrated to the real world - grounded in reality. But they are, and a new study shows how this is done. The way…

A new study has shown an unprecedented degree of connectivity reorganization in newly-generated hippocampal neurons in response to experience, suggesting their direct contribution to the processing…

Learning disabilities may make life more of a challenge, but a diagnosis is not a life sentence. Shutterstock By Sue O'Neill; Iva Strnadová, and Therese M. Cumming For some children, despite having…

A new study has identified genes involved in long-term memory in the worm as part of research aimed at finding ways to retain cognitive abilities during aging. The study identified more than 750…

Inflammation has long a target in Alzheimer's disease studies so a new finding in Neuron is counterintuitive. In the study, researchers hace uncovered the mechanism by which anti-inflammatory…

We use our hands a lot each day. Humans have highly developed fine motor skills and so we are able to perform grasping movements with variable precision and power distribution, everything from tying…

A Western diet may be negatively affecting your brain not just your belly. Jams, CC BY-NC-SA By Terry Davidson, American University and Camille Sample, American University Do you eat only when you’re…