Is Aging a Curable Disease?
By Arielle Hogan As you sit here reading this article, your cells are working away in your body performing all the diverse biochemical reactions necessary to keep you going. As… Read more
Problems with Assessing Consciousness in the 21st Century
by Caitlin Goodpaster Early this June, a viral story hit the internet—an engineer at Google had claimed an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot named LaMDA was conscious (Tiku, 2022). LaMDA, which… Read more
Fragile X Syndrome
July is Fragile X awareness month. Learn more about Fragile X with our illustrator Melis Cakar’s new infographic!… Read more
Evolution and Multisensory Integration
By: Vincent Medina Vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch. When combined, these form a single coherent perception of the world around us. The combination of senses for this purpose is… Read more
The Female Brain on Hormonal Birth Control
By: Talia Oughourlian Hormonal contraceptives were introduced more than 60 years ago (OBOS Contributors, 2021) with some commending the contraceptive pill as one of the greatest scientific inventions of the… Read more
A Close Up Look 16 – scRNA-seq
In this new infographic, Gil Torten discusses single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Read more to find out about what this process looks like and how scRNA-seq can be used in… Read more
Innate Interpretations: Poetry and the Brain
Written by James Cole “It is a test [that] genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” T.S. Eliot A couple years ago I found myself in perhaps one of… Read more
This Is Your Brain on Twitter: The Neuroscience of Social Media
Written by Carolyn Amir How has the internet changed your life? How has social media? For many, social media represents a way to stay in touch with old friends, organize… Read more
A Close Up Look 15 – Retinal Organoids
Interested in the study of the retina and retinal development? Check out this edition of A Close Up Look by Gil Torten to learn more about retinal organoids, the most… Read more
Neuro Primer: Working Memory Capacity
The brain has three broad types of memory: sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory briefly holds unprocessed information retained in the sensory system; working memory temporarily stores… Read more
Knowing Strokes
Interested in learning more about strokes? Check out this new infographic by our own Kayla Lim discussing different types of strokes and how to recognize them!… Read more
La sabiduría del perezoso ¿Es el sueño una virtud perdida?
Artículo original: The Wisdom of the Sloth: Is Sleep a Lost Virtue? Joel Frohlich Traducido por Keya Vijapure En el siglo VI, el Papa Gregorio I recopiló una infame lista… Read more
El legado epigenético del trauma
Artículo original: The Epigenetic Legacy of Trauma Eric Harvey Traducido por Reyna Ediss La tarde del 9 de noviembre de 1938 comenzó con la solemnidad típica del otoño para muchos… Read more
La excitación y la inhibición: El yin y el yang del cerebro
Artículo original: Excitation and Inhibition: The Yin and Yang of the Brain Joel Frohlich Traducido por Mariangelina Martínez Para crear un sistema nervioso funcional solo se ocupan dos fuerzas: la… Read more
La mecánica emocional de la interacción robot-humano
Artículo original: The emotional mechanics of the robot-human interaction Knowing Neurons Traducido por Estefany Ochoa Las primeras impresiones son fundamentales. Mientras analizamos a una persona, formamos un breve resumen de… Read more
Cómo dar gracias como un neurocientífico
Artículo original: How to Give Thanks Like a Neuroscientist Anita Traducido por Mariangelina Martínez Estamos rumbo a una reunión familiar tradicional de acción de gracias. Vamos conduciendo por una calle… Read more
Los microbios que nos hacen humanos
Artículo original: The Microbes that Make Us Human Shuhan He Traducido por Dalí Jiménez Cualquiera que se haya manchado de brillantina sabe que inevitablemente la seguirá encontrando muchos días después… Read more
La basura huele a verde y los disparos son un arcoíris
Artículo original: Garbage Smells Green and Gunshots Are Rainbows Joel Frohlich Traducido por Keya Vijapure Las mentes de las personas son como universos paralelos, siempre inaccesibles entre sí. Nunca somos… Read more
Iluminando el cerebro con la optogenética
Artículo original: Lighting up the Brain With Optogenetics Brainfacts.org Traducido por Dalí Jiménez Los científicos que estudian el moco de estanque descubrieron su capacidad peculiar de sentir la luz, incluso… Read more
La pesadilla ineludible del insomnio familiar fatal
Artículo original: The Inescapable Nightmare of Fatal Familial Insomnia Sean Noah Traducido por Estefany Ochoa Una maldición familiar A principios de la década de 1980, un médico italiano estaba investigando… Read more
La retención de vocabulario en adultos que aprenden idiomas
Artículo original: Vocabulary Retention in Adult Language Learners Aurore Bargat Traducido por Reyna Ediss ¿Qué podemos aprender e implementar de la neurociencia para apoyar la retención de vocabulario a largo… Read more
Protecting our Communities with Technology Standards for Future Hydrogen Fuel Combustion Facilities
Written by Bineh Ndefru Natural gas-fired plants meet much of the electric power generation need in California. In 2020, natural gas plants generated over 48% of the state’s electricity and… Read more
¿Cómo sabemos? El valor de los modelos científicos.
Artículo original: How Do We Know? The Value of Scientific Models Joel Frohlich Traducido por Reyna Ediss, Dalí Jiménez, Mariangelina Martínez, Estefany Ochoa y Keya Vijapure. El mes pasado, los… Read more
El Día de las Enfermedades Raras
Traducido por Alba Peris-Yagüe… Read more
¿Existe el libre albedrío?
Artículo original: Does Free Will Exist? Joel Frohlich Traducido por Es una tranquila tarde de domingo. El profesor Freeman está disfrutando del clima del sur de California en el patio… Read more
Will this new drug change the way we manage and understand Alzheimer’s?
Written by Diana Ortega Cruz In June of 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aducanumab, the first drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) that targets… Read more
Tic, tac: el reloj interno del cerebro
Artículo original: Tick, Tock: Your Brain’s Inner Clock Jenn Tribble Traducido por Elmer Sandoval El tiempo: como palabra, dos sílabas y seis letras, pero como concepto, uno de los engendros… Read more
¿Por qué nos hace sentir tanto la música?
Artículo original: Why Does Music Make Us Feel So Much? Amy Thomas Traducido por Dalí Jiménez Ya sea que la estemos escuchando a través los pequeños audífonos del iPhone en… Read more
¿Decisión final? Por qué el cerebro sigue cambiando de opinión
Artículo original: Final Decision? Why the Brain Keeps on Changing its Mind Stephen Fleming Traducido por Dalí Jiménez Benjamin Franklin dijo una vez: «Hay tres cosas muy duras: el acero,… Read more
Aprendiendo sobre los tumores cerebrales
Los tumores cerebrales son masas anormales de tejido que aparecen en distintas partes del cerebro. Los tumores malignos son muy difíciles de tratar, principalmente debido a su localización inaccesible. Traducido… Read more
A Close Up Look 14 – Microscopy
In this new installment of our infographic series, A Close Up Look, KN Illustrator Gil Torten introduces different types of microscopy used in vision science! Check it out!… Read more
Criminalization is an outdated approach to the US addiction crisis
(And why now is the perfect time to change it) The first time I heard the word prohibition was in eighth grade. The 18th amendment banned alcohol in 1918 in… Read more
Have you ever touched a flavor?
The multisensory perception of taste Starting when we are little children, the role of food in our lives is crucial. The act of sharing a meal is something so universally… Read more
How Political Bias Changes Our Understanding of Data
Data literacy is the ability to understand the results and process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data. This skill is becoming increasingly relevant with internet-driven improvements to data accessibility… Read more
Seizure Disorders: An On-Going Mystery
The word “epilepsy” comes from the Greek epilambanein, meaning “to seize, take hold of, or attack” (Baloyannis, 2013). As evidenced by historical accounts and works of art, epilepsy has existed… Read more
Psychedelic Journal Club: The Risk of Flashbacks
A commentary on the article “Flashback phenomena after administration of LSD and psilocybin in controlled studies with healthy participants,” by Felix Müller et al., published in Psychopharmacology. Following psychedelics’ explosive… Read more
A Close Up Look 13 – Aging
In this new installment of our infographic series, A Close Up Look, KN Illustrator Gil Torten takes us on a journey through the affects of aging on vision. Check… Read more
¿Esquizofrenia en un frasco? La historia de la ketamina
Artículo original: Schizophrenia in a Vial? The Story of Ketamine Joel Frohlich Traducido por Dalí Jiménez Nota: La ketamina es una sustancia regulada en los Estados Unidos y en muchos… Read more
How Weight Lifting Gets the Brain in Shape
Weight trainers often espouse the “mind-muscle connection”. But what actually happens to the brain during strength training? Surprisingly, even a few weeks of weight training alter the nervous system, and… Read more
Rare Disease Day
It is Rare Disease Day. And to bring awareness to these diseases that have often been understudied, please read this new infographic that discusses a few of these rare conditions.… Read more
Face Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Human beings are a highly social species. In order to survive and thrive, we rely on social exchanges in which we constantly keep track of others’ faces (Leopold & Rhodes,… Read more
A Close Up Look 12 – Eye Colors
In this new installment of our infographic series, A Close Up Look, KN Illustrator Gil Torten explains why we have different eye colors and much more. Check it out!… Read more
Psychedelic Journal Club: How Do Psychedelics Work? Part 2
A commentary on the article “Models of psychedelic drug action: modulation of cortical- subcortical circuits” by Manoj Doss et al., published in Brain. Even though the “psychedelic renaissance” is underway,… Read more
The Neurobiology of Curiosity
Have you ever heard the saying, “curiosity killed the cat”? While this may be true, curiosity also protects the cat. Curiosity is a highly adaptive characteristic of many animals, from… Read more
Psychedelic Journal Club: A Whole New Worldview
A commentary on the article “Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs,” by Christopher Timmermann et al., published in Scientific Reports.… Read more
Cerebral Organoids Reveal New Angles for Understanding the Human Brain
When you think of researchers growing “mini-brains,” you might picture a mad scientist out of a sci-fi or horror movie. But the reality looks quite different. Cerebral organoids, often colloquially… Read more
Psychedelic Journal Club: How Do Psychedelics Work?
A commentary on the article “REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics” by Robin Carhart-Harris and Karl Friston, published in Pharmacological Reviews.… Read more
A Close Up Look 11 – Pupils
In this new installment of our infographic series, A Close Up Look, KN Illustrator Gil Torten takes us on a journey through the different pupil shapes found in nature and… Read more
