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Have a politically divided family? These tips help you talk across the dinner table

A 2022 survey found growing numbers of Republicans and Democrats think the other side is immoral and dishonest. Psychology and neuroscience research offers tools to help bridge that divide.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Carlson
The fruit fly connectome contains a wide range of information, from cell types and synapses to neurotransmitters and network properties. Here, cells are color-coded by their defining chemical messenger. <br>

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  • Science

From fruit fly to this guy: a map of one tiny brain may show how larger ones work

The first full map of an adult fruit fly’s brain shows 50 million connections between neurons. Researchers are using the map to learn how all brains work.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
A key protein called Reelin may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a growing body of research.

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  • Research News

A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s

Early in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other threats to memory and thinking.

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
A study finds that psilocybin can desynchronize networks in the brain, potentially enhancing its plasticity.

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  • Research News

A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain 'fall apart'

Scientists scanned the brains of people who took psilocybin, including a member of the research team. The scans showed how the drug disrupts key networks, potentially enhancing brain plasticity.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
fNIRS scan

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Scientists have cutting edge technology to scan kids' brains. But it wasn't built for all heads

How a Middle Georgia researcher is working on making brain scanning technology more accessible.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
New insights into the brain's waste-removal system could one day help researchers better understand and prevent many different brain disorders.

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  • Science

The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes

The brain appears to rely on synchronized waves to wash out waste products, including toxins associated with Alzheimer's disease.

June 26, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Some people get obsessed with romance and fantasy novels. What's the science behind this kind of guilty pleasure?

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  • Health

From ‘romantasy’ to reality TV, why we love guilty pleasures so much

Neuroscientists say the pleasure response helps us survive as a species. So why do we feel embarrassed by some of the things we love the most?

June 15, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Carlson
This illustration shows how the thin film of sensors could be applied to the brain before surgery.

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  • Science

This new brain-mapping device could make neurosurgery safer

A flexible film bristling with tiny sensors could make surgery safer for patients with a brain tumor or severe epilepsy.

June 13, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
A new study looks at the roles that African and European genetic ancestries can play in Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders.

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  • Science

African ancestry genes may be linked to Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders

A new genomic analysis hints at why African Americans face a higher risk of Alzheimer’s and stroke, but a lower risk of Parkinson’s.

June 12, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton

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  • Science

Here's how the brain experiences pleasure — even the kind that makes us feel guilty

We've all been there: You sit down for one episode of a reality TV show, and six hours later you're sitting guiltily on the couch, blinking the screen-induced crust off your eyeballs.

Okay. Maybe you haven't been there like our team has. But it's likely you have at least one guilty pleasure, whether it's playing video games, reading romance novels or getting swept into obscure corners of TikTok. It turns out that experiencing – and studying – pleasure is not as straightforward as it might seem. And yet, pleasure is quite literally key to the survival of humanity. So today on the show, we explore the pleasure cycle: What it is, where it lives in the brain and how to have a healthier relationship with the things that make us feel good.

Want more on the brain? Email us the neuroscience you want us to talk about at shortwave@npr.org! (Also please email us if you would like to gush about any of the books you've been loving — romantasy or otherwise!)

April 15, 2024
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  • Emily Kwong,
  • Rachel Carlson,
  • and 2 more
Simone Elliot holds a childhood photo of she and her sister with their mother.

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  • Science

Sisters make peace with dark memories through art, science and each other

Two sisters found they had different recollections of a traumatic childhood experience and learned that human memory is a lot less reliable than we tend to think.

April 13, 2024
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By:
  • Gabriel Spitzer
Workers at the U.S. Embassy in Havana leave the building in September 2017. New research out of the National Institutes of Health finds no unusual pattern of damage in the brains of Havana syndrome patients.

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In Havana syndrome patients, NIH scientists find no physical trace of harm

The mysterious ailments that became known as Havana syndrome left no physical evidence of injury or disease, according to two government studies.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
An artistic rendering of deep brain stimulation. Scientists are studying this approach to see if it can treat cognitive impairment that can arise after a traumatic brain injury and other conditions.

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  • Research News

A little electric stimulation in just the right spot may bolster a damaged brain

A small study found that electrically stimulating an area deep in the brain allowed people with severe traumatic brain injuries to complete a cognitive test more quickly.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Two brain circuits help determine whether there's too little salt, or too much.

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  • Research News

Salty much? These brain cells decide when tasty becomes blech

Scientists say two separate brain circuits control how much salt we consume.

November 23, 2023
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Scientists have built an enormous atlas of the human brain that could help them chart a path toward preventing and treating many different neurological disorders.

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  • Research News

Scientists built the largest-ever map of the human brain. Here's what they found

A new atlas of the human brain could help explain abilities like language – and vulnerabilities, like Alzheimer's disease.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
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