In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers utilized a genetically encoded mirror-TRAP strategy to investigate the functional importance of aggression-mirroring neurons. Social ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2009;5(1):24-34. Studies in which the properties of single neurons were studied in a naturalistic context have been particularly important for establishing this new view on ...

The old adage that we can only learn how to do something by trying it ourselves may have to be revised in the light of recent discoveries in neuroscience. It turns out that humans, primates, some ...

Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...

Dear Doctors: I am a junior in college. I enjoy being around people, so I live in the dorms. Last year, my roommate was depressed, and I also got to feeling down. This year, the girl I live with is ...

Ever noticed how one yawn can trigger many? Science reveals how your brain copies others, why yawns spread so easily, and ...

The brain has many regions that perform different functions. Have students use a map of the brain and brain stem to locate these regions: frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, ...

Are there certain sounds that really drive you crazy? Beyond mere frustration or annoyance, sounds that trigger uncontrollable feelings of anger and disgust? If so then you quite possibly suffer from ...

Alzheimer’s researchers are making more use than ever of human induced pluripotent stem cell lines to model the disease. But how well do iPSCs generated from people with late-onset AD really reflect ...

Dear Doctors: I am a junior in college. I enjoy being around people, so I live in the dorms. Last year, my roommate was depressed, and I also got to feeling down. This year, the girl I live with is ...