Neuroscientifically Challenged
Neuroscience made simpler.
The brain, explained — reference entries and stories, written and reviewed by people who study it.
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Psychology says adults who have no close friends aren’t necessarily introverted or antisocial
Getting a hug on a day of conflict went with a smaller drop in mood and less bad feeling the next day, a…
After holding his wife’s hand seemed to ease her pain while she gave birth, a scientist tested it on 22…
Mothers who say a part of their children never really left them aren’t just being sentimental
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Your brain in 12 lessons
Twelve short lessons that start where you do — with what you see, feel, remember and forget — and show you the brain behind it. No background needed.
Know Your Brain
Explore all entries →Explore the structures of the brain, one entry at a time.
Most of what we “know” about Phineas Gage was written after he died. The real story says more about how people recover from brain injuries.
Glial Cells
For much of the history of neuroscience, glial cells were treated like…
Sodium-Potassium Pump
The sodium-potassium pump (also known as the Na+/K+ pump or Na+/K+-ATPase) is…
