Brain stimulation. Personalized. Full of grief.
Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients’ distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. Now, scientists have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that — at least in one patient — was able to provide relief from symptoms of severe treatment-resistant depression within minutes.…
Home, sweet home…
Scientists discover the brain’s internal goal map enabling animals to navigate precisely to a chosen destination. (source) Goals. Standing fast. Wishing I was there. Based on what I know now. I know I would be better if I leave. Tell me my child. Have you ever wandered what will you discover once you have seen…
Mirror mirror… Wake up!
Scrape, cluck, lay eggs – that’s it? Anyone involved in chicken farming knows that the animals are capable of much more. Researchers have found evidence that roosters could recognize themselves in a mirror. Whether this is successful, however, depends on the experimental conditions — a finding that points beyond the experiment with roosters and could…
Harmonia Psychologica 