Neuroscience

Machine learning enhances brain-machine interface performance

Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) have enabled a handful of test participants who are unable to move or speak to communicate simply by thinking. An implanted device picks up the neural signals associated with a particular ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Astrocytes found to help regulate stress response in brain

Researchers have discovered that astrocytes play an important role in regulating stress responses in the lateral septum in the brain. It is expected to provide new clues for mental health treatments.

Psychology & Psychiatry

What social rejection teaches your brain

Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological mechanisms that influence how ...