By Vincent A 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… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 excitación y la… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 del… Read more
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
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 más… Read more
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Artículo original: Reading: Neuro Primer: Glia Alexa Erdogan
Traducido por Adriana Pérez
Todos los días, hay un grupo de células que trabajan sin cesar para vigilar y proteger la arquitectura neural… Read more
A commentary on the article “Adults who microdose psychedelics report health related motivations and lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to non-microdosers by Joseph M. Rootman et al., published… Read more