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Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience: is a scientific discipline that emerged from a variety of scientific and philosophical traditions in the 18th and 19th centuries. This field focuses on the biology of behavior, combining the psychology of perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation and emotion with underlying neural and physiological processes.
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SEP 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Sleep is such an essential thing that you and I can’t live without it, and many other animal species are the same ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2017Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 12, 2017Neuroscience
One of the most important functions of the brain is to get us around our environment. It powers the muscles, processes w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu ...AUG 31, 2017Neuroscience
Serotonin is an essential neurotransmitter. It's a chemical that regulates some vital functions in the body like moo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 30, 2017Neuroscience
Often, when there is a need to study how a particular part of the body works, researchers can create a lab version of an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 29, 2017Neuroscience
Dancing the night away to good music is something young people often do. Seniors aren't always able to get out as mu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Facial recognition is just one way that people differentiate one person from another, but it's not unique to humans; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2017Microbiology
Ever heard of PANDAS? No, not the bumbling, black and white bears. PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatr ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 17, 2017Neuroscience
Video games have long been a source of controversy in neuroscience and other research work. Studies on players an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 15, 2017Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Rock, Paper, Scissors is perhaps one of the best argument-settling games of all time. While people play it all the time, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Neuroscience
Regarding brain development, the first few years of life are when hundreds of skills are being acquired, and virtually t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study suggests that sex differences should be taken into account when determining treatments for severe antisocial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists may have found a way to screen for Alzheimer’s disease years before patients develop severe signs of ne ...JUL 18, 2017Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is an important concern in youth sports and of course in professional sports like footba ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2017Neuroscience
Research into how babies view others has previously shown that they have a preference for members of their own race, whi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2017Neuroscience
Think you can multitask? It’s a common theory thrown around in terms of brain performance and most people believe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2017Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person is driven to do things in a very sp ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 22, 2017Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for ages that animals have a good sense of time and can control their behavior depending on the time o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2017Neuroscience
It’s an iconic concept, that of “Daddy’s Little Girl,” but as it turns out, fathers who have dau ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sleep is such an essential thing that you and I can’t live without it, and many other animal species are the same
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 12, 2017
Neuroscience
One of the most important functions of the brain is to get us around our environment. It powers the muscles, processes w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu
...
AUG 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Serotonin is an essential neurotransmitter. It's a chemical that regulates some vital functions in the body like moo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 30, 2017
Neuroscience
Often, when there is a need to study how a particular part of the body works, researchers can create a lab version of an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2017
Neuroscience
Dancing the night away to good music is something young people often do. Seniors aren't always able to get out as mu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Facial recognition is just one way that people differentiate one person from another, but it's not unique to humans;
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2017
Microbiology
Ever heard of PANDAS? No, not the bumbling, black and white bears. PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 17, 2017
Neuroscience
Video games have long been a source of controversy in neuroscience and other research work. Studies on players an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 15, 2017
Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Rock, Paper, Scissors is perhaps one of the best argument-settling games of all time. While people play it all the time,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Regarding brain development, the first few years of life are when hundreds of skills are being acquired, and virtually t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study suggests that sex differences should be taken into account when determining treatments for severe antisocial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists may have found a way to screen for Alzheimer’s disease years before patients develop severe signs of ne
...
JUL 18, 2017
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is an important concern in youth sports and of course in professional sports like footba
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2017
Neuroscience
Research into how babies view others has previously shown that they have a preference for members of their own race, whi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2017
Neuroscience
Think you can multitask? It’s a common theory thrown around in terms of brain performance and most people believe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person is driven to do things in a very sp
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for ages that animals have a good sense of time and can control their behavior depending on the time o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s an iconic concept, that of “Daddy’s Little Girl,” but as it turns out, fathers who have dau
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim