Brain Size May Determine Whether You Are Good at Keeping Friends

Brain Size May Determine Whether You Are Good at Keeping Friends

  12:56:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers are suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and the size of the region of the brain -- known as the orbital prefrontal cortex -- that is found just above the eyes. A new study shows that this brain region is bigger in...

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Scientists Wrest Partial Control of a Memory

Scientists Wrest Partial Control of a Memory

  1:53:00 AM    Science Lover

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Scripps Research Institute scientists and their colleagues have successfully harnessed neurons in mouse brains, allowing them to at least partially control a specific memory. Though just an initial step, the researchers hope such work will eventually lead to better understanding...

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Brain Imaging Study Finds Evidence of Basis for Caregiving Impulse

Brain Imaging Study Finds Evidence of Basis for Caregiving Impulse

  7:17:00 PM    Science Lover

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Distinct patterns of activity -- which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants-- appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face -- even when the child is not theirs, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health...

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