Killer T cells get into older brains where they may make mischief, a study in mice and postmortem human brain tissue finds. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rogue-immune-cells-can-infiltrate-old-brains4…
Tag: Body&Brain/Neuroscience
This brain region may be why some robots send chills down your spine
Scientists may have traced the source of the “uncanny valley” sensation in the brain. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-region-uncanny-valley-sensation-robots4…
Vision cells can pull double duty in the brain, detecting both color and shape
Neurons in a brain area that handles vision fire in response to more than one aspect of an object, countering earlier ideas, a study in monkeys finds. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-vision-cells-detect-both-color-and-shape4…
In mice, a high-fat diet cuts a ‘brake’ used to control appetite
A fatty diet changes the behavior of key appetite-regulating cells in a mouse brain. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/high-fat-diet-brain-appetite-mice4…
Mice and bats’ brains sync up as they interact with their own kind
The brain activity of mice and bats aligns in social settings, a coordination that may hold clues about how social context influences behavior. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mice-bats-brains-neural-synchrony4…
Female rats face sex bias too
In neurobiological studies, male lab animals tend to outnumber females, which are considered too hormonal. Scientists say it’s time for that myth to go. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sex-differences-bias-male-female-lab-animals4…
A new experiment didn’t find signs of dreaming in brain waves
Brain activity that powers dreams may reveal crucial insight into consciousness, but a new study failed to spot evidence of the neural flickers. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dreaming-brain-waves-consciousness-dream-catcher4…
Our brains sculpt each other. So why do we study them in isolation?
Studying individual brains may not be the way to figure out the human mind, a social neuroscientist argues. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brains-sculpt-each-other-social-interactions