A collection of images from previous neuroscience articles, including those of an octopus in a chamber, artistic renditions of a brain, brain scans, and an image of neural connections in vitro.

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Our Favorite Neuroscience Stories of 2022

This year, neuroscience researchers made important discoveries related to how neurodegeneration attacks the human brain, hooked cultured neurons up to machinery to teach them to play a video game, and more.

(Left) The optic lobes are thought to be involved in visual processing. In this study, researchers found that guppies with larger optic lobes more quickly learned a visual discrimination task—identifying which color well contained food. (Right) The fish telencephalon is thought to be involved in spatial learning, memory, and inhibitory control. Here, the researchers found that a larger telencephalon might enhance the fish’s cognitive flexibility, allowing them to more quickly associate food with a new color after the researchers switched it.

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Infographic: Two Guppy Brain Regions May Help Them Learn Tasks

Photo of a Guppy fish

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Fish Brain Region Size Correlates with Cognitive Flexibility

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Brightly colored intersecting lines, creating a chaotic pattern that resembles a subway map.

Uncovering Monkey Pattern Recognition: Why Macaques See Patterns That Aren't There

Dan Robitzski | | 5 min read

Cover of When Animals Dream: A colourful illustration of an octopus.<br><br>

Book Excerpt from When Animals Dream

David M. Peña-Guzmán | | 3 min read

Cover of When Animals Dream: A colourful illustration of an octopus.<br><br>

Opinion: Animal Dreaming Should Give Us Ethical Pause

David M. Peña-Guzmán | | 6 min read

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Inside the Brains of Aging Dogs

Lesley Evans OgdenandKnowable Magazine | | 8 min read

A dolphin comes out of the water to catch a red ball.<br><br>

Dolphins May Remember Personal Experiences

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | | 4 min read

A white lab mouse peers over the wall of a sprawling maze

Bacterial Metabolite May Regulate Cognition in Mice

Sophie Fessl, PhD | | 3 min read

Bock's pygmy octopus in a lab tank—researchers explore if invertebrates like octopuses and crabs can feel emotions.

Do Crabs Have Feelings? Exploring Emotions in Invertebrates

Natalia Mesa, PhD | | 10+ min read

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Researchers Train Goldfish to “Drive”

Chloe Tenn | | 6 min read

mice on wheel and ground

Exercise-Associated Protein Boosts Brain Function in Mice

Chloe Tenn | | 5 min read

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Studying over 100,000 embryos revealed genetic factors behind chromosome segregation issues that lead to aneuploidy, informing future risk screening and intervention.

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