A study from the George Washington University School of Medicine has brought to light the neurological problems that plagued some of Jazz's great legends. We "get into" the heads of Cole Porter, George Gershwi and Thelonious Monk.
Some patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state have the ability to learn, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Reading Franz Kafka, the greatest exponent of literary surrealism, can make us smarter, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia and the University of California.
A big city may seem chaotic, but it somehow gets everything where it is needed on a daily basis. The same could be said for our brains, neurobiologist Mark Changizi and his colleagues suggest in the latest issue of Complexity magazine.
Measuring the brain's concentration of receptors for oxytocin, mesotocin and other neurotransmitters related to sociability could predict how gregarious a species is, a new study suggests.
Man is the only animal that trips over the same stone twice. A team of American scientists has just found the motifs in neurons in the brain, which do not learn from mistakes.
A team of scientists from the University of British Columbia in Canada has shown that stimulating the brain with magnetic pulses improves our ability to learn new skills. Details are published in the latest issue of the journal BMC Neuroscience.
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.
