neuroscience
Autistic People's Sensory Perception is Out of Sync, Study Finds
Posted in Medicine on 23rd Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Doctors have made great strides in accurately describing and diagnosing autism, but its causes remain opaque.
In the blink of an eye
Posted in Science on 17th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
MIT neuroscientists find the brain can identify images seen for as little as 13 milliseconds.
Caffeine pill 'could boost memory'
Posted in Medicine on 13th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
A US study has raised the possibility that we may one day rely on caffeine to boost memory as well as to wake up.
SHY Hypothesis Explains That Sleep Is the Price We Pay for Learning
Posted in Science on 13th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Why do animals ranging from fruit flies to humans all need to sleep?
Creating living brain cells from deceased Alzheimers patients biobanked brain tissue
Posted in Medicine on 10th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
New stem cell lines will allow researchers to turn back the clock and observe how Alzheimers develops in the brain.