Behavior Archives - Knowing Neurons

Martina Nonni December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 animal models, Behavior, Book Review, brain states, Emotions, fMRI, Psychology

Book Review: The Neuroscience of Emotion: A New Synthesis

By Martina Nonni Emotions are important aspects of our lives and everyday experiences. While scientists agree that they do exist, they don’t seem to agree on much else. Researchers are… Read More

Big Ideas Consciousness Philosophy

Mariella Careaga September 20, 2021January 11, 2022 Animal, Behavior, Emotion, Empathy, Fear, feeling, Pain, social, Theory of mind

Do animals feel empathy?

From a dad hugging his daughter who lost a sports game to a husband trying to alleviate his wife’s distress by listening to her, humans have the capacity to adopt… Read More

Symbolic illustration of optogenetics with a strand of DNA coming out of someone's cartoon brain and being examined by a magnifying glass. Designed by Alexa Erdogan.

Neuroscience Technologies Big Ideas Learning and Memory Movement

Jeff Olney May 27, 2020May 24, 2020 Behavior, Deep Brain Stimulation, EEG, electroconvulsive therapy, Learning and Memory, Light, Optogenetics, Technology, Therapeutic Approaches, Vision

Optogenetics: An Illuminating Tool with A Bright Future

Nearly everything we do requires our brain in some way. Eating a bagel? That uses your brain. Reading this article? That’s using your brain, too. All those questionable decisions you… Read More

Big Ideas Culture Neuro News

Roland Imhoff May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Behavior, conspiracy theories, Culture, Experiment, new world order, Psychology, reptilian, Research

Want to Feel Unique? Believe in the Reptile People

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he internet is full of wild-eyed insinuation. Seemingly accidental events are not actually accidental. A few powerful people have hatched plots to bring about certain outcomes, usually with the goal… Read More

Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber June 22, 2016June 30, 2017 Behavior, Blue, Brain, Color, Cone, Green, Hue, Mantis Shrimp, Nanometer, Photoreceptor, Physiology, Rainbow, Receptor, Red, Scientist, See, Sight, Spectral discrimination task, Vision, Yellow

The Spectacularly Colorful World of the Mantis Shrimp

Our eyes contain millions of color-sensitive cells, called cones, which maximally respond to red, green, and blue light. With just these three types of color receptors, we can see the… Read More