Neuro Briefs

Your brain has two hemispheres connected by a massive cable called the corpus callosum. Cut it, and you get split-brain syndrome, where the left hand literally doesn't know what the right hand is doin...

Your nose is smarter than you think. Or rather, the brain structures that process smell are more sophisticated than the typical "nose knows" summary suggests. The olfactory bulb, that first relay stat...

Here's a problem that's been quietly frustrating neuroscientists for years: we're drowning in EEG data, but most of it is useless for training AI because nobody has time to label it. A seizure here, a...

Here's a frustrating fact about biology: a zebrafish can sever its spinal cord and regrow it, good as new. You, a human, cannot. Your spinal cord injury is permanent. What's the zebrafish got that you...

The idea of boosting your memory with non-invasive brain stimulation sounds like something from a late-night infomercial. "Zap your brain, remember everything!" Except scientists have actually been tr...

Imagine half your brain perpetually dreaming while you're wide awake, going about your day, fully conscious and aware. Sounds like a thought experiment from a philosophy seminar, but it's exactly what...

For a long time, ADHD was filed under "things hyperactive kids have" in the public imagination. Squirmy children who can't sit still, eventually outgrown along with the urge to eat paste and believe i...

You know that frustrating experience where you're absolutely certain you know something, but you just can't access it? The name of that actor, the word for that thing, that fact you definitely learned...

Think sleep apnea is just an airway problem? Snoring, gasping, repeat? Well, grab your CPAP machine and settle in, because a new review in Sleep Medicine Reviews wants to blow that simple story wide o...

The age at which someone gets diagnosed with autism varies wildly. Some children are identified before they can tie their shoes. Others don't get a diagnosis until they're teenagers, adults, or someti...