Researchers debunk the IQ myth

After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardized test is highly ...

Neuroscience created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (28) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Individual differences in altruism explained by brain region involved in empathy

What can explain extreme differences in altruism among individuals, from Ebenezer Scrooge to Mother Teresa? It may all come down to variation in the size and activity of a brain region involved in appreciating ...

Neuroscience created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Math ability requires crosstalk in the brain

A new study by researchers at UT Dallas' Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan has found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of ...

Neuroscience created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Brain's vision secrets unraveled

A new study led by scientists at the Universities of York and Bradford has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape.

Neuroscience created Feb 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Face the facts: Neural integration transforms unconscious face detection into conscious face perception

(Medical Xpress)—The apparent ease and immediacy of human perception is deceptive, requiring highly complex neural operations to determine the category of objects in a visual scene. Nevertheless, the human ...

Neuroscience created Dec 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Mathematics or memory? Posterior medial cortex study charts collision course in brain

You already know it's hard to balance your checkbook while simultaneously reflecting on your past. Now, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine—having done the equivalent of wire-tapping ...

Neuroscience created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Brain research provides clues to what makes people think and behave differently

Differences in the physical connections of the brain are at the root of what make people think and behave differently from one another. Researchers reporting in the February 6 issue of the Cell Press journal ...

Neuroscience created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Might lefties and righties benefit differently from a power nap?

People who like to nap say it helps them focus their minds post a little shut eye. Now, a study from Georgetown University Medical Center may have found evidence to support that notion.

Neuroscience created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Lost your keys? Your cat? The brain can rapidly mobilize a search party

A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists at the University ...

Neuroscience created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Meditation expertise changes experience of pain

(Medical Xpress)—Meditation can change the way a person experiences pain, according to a new study by UW–Madison neuroscientists.

Neuroscience created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Where does it hurt? Pain map discovered in the human brain

(Phys.org)—Scientists have revealed the minutely detailed pain map of the hand that is contained within our brains, shedding light on how the brain makes us feel discomfort and potentially increasing our ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brain study shows why some people are more in tune with what they want

Wellcome Trust researchers have discovered how the brain assesses confidence in its decisions. The findings explain why some people have better insight into their choices than others.

Neuroscience created Dec 09, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals how the brain categorizes thousands of objects and actions

Humans perceive numerous categories of objects and actions, but where are these categories represented spatially in the brain?

Neuroscience created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New invasive imaging technique to monitor brain function

A new video article in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, describes a novel procedure to monitor brain function and aid in functional mapping of patients with diseases such as epilepsy. This procedur ...

Neuroscience created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Brain center for social choices discovered in a poker study

Although many areas of the human brain are devoted to social tasks like detecting another person nearby, a new study has found that one small region carries information only for decisions during social interactions. ...

Neuroscience created Jul 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast