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Risk-taking linked to Ritalin

By Stephen Ornes / October 5, 2012

In a new study, people without ADHD who took Ritalin took greater chances than those who didn’t take the drug. Credit: istockphoto

People who inappropriately take the prescription drug to become more alert may also become more reckless

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged Aarhus University, attention deficit disorder, behavior, brain, Daniel Campbell-Meiklejohn, dopamine, gambling, getinvolved, neuroscience, neurotransmitter, New York University, noradrenaline, risk, risky behavior, Ritalin, stimulant, topstories

Learning in your sleep

By Stephen Ornes / September 20, 2012

Your brain is so eager to learn that it does so even while you sleep, scientists recently found. Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged Anat Arzi, brain, getinvolved, nervous system, neurobiology, neuroscience, olfaction, sleep, smell, sound, topstories, Weizmann Institute of Science

Monkeys’ mistake detector

By Roberta Kwok / August 26, 2012

A small part of a macaque’s brain is activated when it sees another monkey making a mistake. Credit: Elisabeth Aardema/iStockphoto

Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error

Posted in Animals | Tagged animal behavior, anthropology, brain, Ellen de Bruijn, error detection, getinvolved, macaques, Masaki Isoda, Matthew Shane, mistakes, monkeys, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, psychology, topstories, University of Leiden

Sweets on the brain

By Stephen Ornes / June 28, 2012

Many diet sodas are sweetened without sugar, but those sweeteners may fool your brain as well as your taste buds.

Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body’s internal computer

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged artificial sweeteners, brain, Claire Murphy, diet soda, Erin Green, fat, getinvolved, health, neuroscience, nutrition, obesity, psychology, sugar-free sweeteners, Susan Swithers, taste

Paralyzed rats walk again

By Roberta Kwok / June 7, 2012

With the right treatment and training regimen, rats with spinal cord injuries can learn to walk again and even climb stairs. Credit: EPFL

Treatment helps animals recover from spinal cord injuries

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged brain, getinvolved, John McDonald, nervous system, paralysis, spinal cord

No ordinary zzz’s

By Susan Gaidos / June 6, 2012

Anesthetics can put you in a coma — but that’s a good thing

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged anesthesia, anesthetic, brain, cerebral cortex, Coma, Emery Brown, feature, fMRI, nerve cells, neuron, Nicholas Schiff, pain, REM, sleep, surgery, thalamus

The Colorful World of Synesthesia

By Susan Gaidos / May 21, 2009

Science News for Kids explores the sensory explosion that defines the experience of people with this unusual, but not that uncommon nor unwelcome, condition.

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged brain, nervous, nervous system, Senses, synesthesia

Contemplating thought

By Susan Gaidos / February 20, 2009

Your brain is more complex than a computer, but the two are similar

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged brain, memory, nervous, nervous system, neuron

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