A touch with the nose on the neck, a soft cuddle on the knee, a finger that slides around the earlobe ... These are caresses that we can perceive as pleasant tokens of love or as an unpleasant attack, depending on who they come from. . Neuroscientists at the Caltech Institute in California (USA) have discovered that establishing this difference deals with neurons present in the primary somatosensory cortex of the brain that not only value physical contact "objectively" but also emotional charge.
A study carried out by neuroscientists and psychologists from the University of Freiburg (Germany) reveals that in stressful situations men do not have aggressive behavior but tend to be protective and friendly.
In 1848, Phineas Gage survived an accident that embedded an iron bar in his head after an explosion. Despite everything, its vital functions were preserved almost intact and it became one of the most famous cases in neuroscience, since the accident had destroyed a significant part of its left frontal lobe and, surprisingly, the damage had radically changed its personality and behavior, to such an extent that "he looked like another person", according to his relatives.
At work, do you consider yourself a lazy person or rather dynamic and enterprising? The will that we exhibit when it comes to working depends, in large part, on the chemistry of our brain, according to a study just published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Because we pay more attention to a finger pointing in one direction or to eyes that look to the right or left than to the drawing of an arrow, according to a recent British study from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) published in the specialized journal 'Perception '.
A team led by Professor of Psychology Ian Spence at the University of Toronto (Canada) reveals that playing an action video game, even for a short period of time, causes changes in brain activity and improves visual attention.
Chronic cocaine use accelerates brain aging, according to a study from the Institute of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Specifically, magnetic resonance images reveal that the loss of brain gray matter is greater in people dependent on this drug than in the rest of the population.
Can you guess the future by scanning the brain? In a way, yes, according to a study just published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The authors have found a connection between brain responses in the nucleus accumbens - the reward center - and behavior.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
