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Our Favorite Neuroscience Stories of 2022

(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.

Infographic: Two Guppy Brain Regions May Help Them Learn Tasks

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Fish Brain Region Size Correlates with Cognitive Flexibility

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How Neurons in a Dish Learned to Play “Pong”

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Monkeys Look for Patterns that Aren’t There—Just Like Humans Do

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Electrically Zapping Specific Brain Regions Can Boost Memory

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Science Snapshot: How Brains Handle Surprise Parties

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Study Suggests Dolphins Use Coral Mucus as Medicine

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Dopamine Drives Bee Desires: Study

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Distracted Brains Better at Parsing Unfamiliar Languages: Study

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The Scientist Editors’ Favorite Stories of 2021

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Our Favorite Cell and Molecular Biology Stories of 2021

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Neuroscientist Mortimer Mishkin Dies at 94

Can Single Cells Learn?

Infographic: Investigating Whether Single Cells Learn

Dietary Spermidine Boosts Cognition in Insects and Rodents

MIT Unveils Program to Help Grad Students Find a New Adviser

Once Is Enough For Long-Term Memory Formation in Bees

What Do New Neurons in the Brains of Adults Actually Do?

Infographic: How Adult-Born Neurons Integrate into the Brain

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Sex Determination: It’s in the Genes—Sometimes

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Severance versus Science: The Neuroscience of Split-Brain Syndrome

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