New research shows that the growth of long-range connections between brain regions predicts how well a child will learn to read.
New research shows that the growth of long-range connections between brain regions predicts how well a child will learn to read.
Brain cells called pericytes can be reprogrammed into neurons with just two proteins, pointing to a novel way to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
Researchers reveal a new pathway of synaptic modulation in the hippocampus exclusive to females.
Privacy advocates are arguing that collecting genetic data upon arrest is an invasion of privacy, given recent evidence that 80 percent of the human genome is functional.
Disrupting a small part of the brain with a magnetic field can reduce people’s prejudice towards good news.
Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.
Researchers use characteristic differences in eye movements to identify patients with deficits in neurological function.
A massive project involving hundreds of scientists suggests that very little—if any—of the human genome is truly non-functional.
September 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the September 2012 issue of The Scientist.