neuroscience

Einstein taught us that time is relative, but is our sense of time relative too?

How do we perceive time? What factors influence this process? And is time perception relative? In this article, these questions will be answered with the knowledge humanity has gathered about time perception thus far.

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Shockingly smart: electrical brain stimulation for cognitive enhancement

The electrifying new technique that could improve your cognition, science fiction-style.

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Boost your brain: insulin-like growth factor 2 as a memory enhancer

Are you cramming for an exam and annoyed that you cannot learn more in less time or are you frustrated that you keep forgetting more as you get older? A possible solution for such memory problems may surprise you.

The “future reality” of the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

What if light could be used to control cells to make us erase bad memories? This is not a utopia but a reality, at least in rats!

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Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS) to study cognitive processes related to Norepinephrine

Neurons use neurotransmitters to communicate with each other, which influence our cognitive processes. I will focus on a new technique to influence norepinephrine: transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS).

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Don't go to sleep!

Feeling down? Perhaps experiencing some winter blues? Sleep deprivation might be the answer. Neuroscientists at Tufts University have revealed an interesting mechanism behind this puzzling solution, by investigating the role of astrocytes.

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Illuminate your mind: neuromodulation at the speed of light

Optogenetics has been chosen as 'Method of the year 2010' by the journal Nature Methods. But what exactly is optogenetics? And how can we use this neuromodulation technique to better understand behaviour?