Studies of gene expression in bees and humans suggest that who we become may be far more dependent on where we are and what we…
Genes, Bees and Who We Become
Lab Talk
Assertiveness in Your Brain Activity
The activity of your wandering mind is a window into how assertive you are. Take a moment to close your eyes and allow your mind…
The World as Laboratory
Using EEG to understand the relationship between the human mind and its environment. A future where machines, buildings and environments can better adapt to human…
Introducing the Human Brain Diversity Project
With 7 billion people and an equally large diversity of human life experience, how can we understand the range of normal of brain function? Join…
Dendrite Complexity and Intelligence
The complex web of dendrites mediating information flow in the brain may be a key driver of human intelligence. In 1887, a Spanish man went…
EEG and FMRI Publications by Country
~70% of FMRI papers and 75% of EEG papers come from Western Europe (including UK, Brexit notwithstanding) and the United States but China has shown…
Linking Cognitive Science with Neuroscience
How can the theories of Cognitive Science developed from observations of human behavior be reconciled with Neuroscience or the behavior of the brain? You’ve probably…
Searching the Brain for Language
Where is language in the brain? Its not as clear as once thought. A computer engineer needs language skills. Though they speak in various codes…
The Curious Outcomes of Neurosurgery
Between 1994 and 2001, thirty-one children underwent an innovative and terrifying brain surgery. They weren’t the only children to receive this procedure, but they were…
A Changing Brain is a Normal Brain
A normal brain is not a particular network pattern but one that can reconfigure itself with experience. Scientists have recognized for decades that children’s brains…
