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Is Bilingualism Better?New research reveals that being bilingual as a child...
It used to be the general consensus that being bilingual was not good for children. The practice was frowned upon by teachers and education experts because it was believed that trying to speak two...
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God is in the DetailsResearch indicates parts of our brains relate to belief...
Religion has long been a topic of philosophical discussion, but only relatively recently have neuroscientists begun to investigate faith and spirituality, too. Several different strands of research now...
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Monkey See, Monkey Do Q&A with systems neurophysiologist Dr. Miguel A. L....
The ability to make lame or paralyzed people walk again was once the stuff of biblical stories, but not for much longer. Neurobiologist Dr. Miguel A. L. Nicolelis and his team at Duke University have...
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Cerebellum but Were Afraid to Ask
Q&A with Professor Sam Wang The cerebellum has long been known to control coordination, but recent research has suggested it does a great deal more than that. by Franziska Green Professor Sam...
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In the Creative Zone. LISTENING TO YOUR INNER MUSE. A Q&A WITH DR. CHARLES LIMB
What do Franz Liszt and Jay Z have in common? Not much—one is a classical composer, the other is a rapper; one is dead, the other is alive. We could go on, but one thing they do have in common is...
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Reading Minds: A Q&A with Dr. Adrian Owen
By Franziska Green Look at someone’s face and you might get an idea of what they’re thinking—if they’re sad, in pain, or feeling unwell. But when a patient is unable to move any part of their body...
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Aging with a Bilingual Brain
Adaptation of the brain could also be the reason older bilinguals with Alzheimer’s show fewer signs of cognitive malfunction than those who only speak one language.Advertisements “The brain is more...
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Pleasing Your Brain: An Interview with Dr. Kent Berridge
A little over 15 years ago, biopsychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Kent Berridge, of the University of Michigan, along with his colleague Dr. Terry Robinson, set out to show that dopamine is not the...
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