Here are the newest links in Neuroscience:
Important Link between the Brain and Immune System Found New anatomical structures have been identified which form a network of lymphatic vessels in the meninges — the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord — that shuttle fluid and immune cells from the cerebrospinal fluid to a group of lymph nodes in the neck
The Benefits of Nature Experience: Improved Affect and Cognition
This study extends previous research by demonstrating additional benefits of nature experience on affect and cognition through assessments of anxiety, rumination, and a complex measure of working memory (operation span task).
Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation
This study reveals a pathway by which nature experience may improve mental well-being and suggests that accessible natural areas within urban contexts may be a critical resource for mental health in our rapidly urbanizing world.
The Brain: Our Strange, Important, Subconscious Light Detectors
Sightless cells hidden within the eye may set our circadian rhythms, trigger migraines, and explain the seasonal ebb and flow of our moods.
‘I’m bad with names’ is a real thing
Names are arbitrary and that meaninglessness makes it harder to hold the memory of it.
Blood turned into nerve cells by Canadian researchers
Stem cells extracted from blood are converted into neural stem cells using patented technique
The Man Who Saw Time Stand Still
One day, a man saw time itself stop, and as David Robson discovers, unpicking what happened is revealing that we can all experience temporal trickery too.
How to Use Light to Control the Brain
Using “optogenetics,” researchers are able to trigger a memory
