Health

Q&A: Five questions about MRI

I suffered an injury while working out and my primary care physician ordered an X-ray. However, after reviewing the results, my doctor recommended that I have an MRI. I am a very anxious person. Can you explain more about ...

Neuroscience

Brain 'zips and unzips' information to perform skilled tasks

The human brain prepares skilled movements such as playing the piano, competing in athletics, or dancing by "zipping and unzipping" information about the timing and order of movements ahead of the action being performed, ...

Neuroscience

Potential way to tune the brain into learning mode

A study by University of Manchester neuroscientists into the effect of surprise on our memory has inadvertently discovered a method which might help us to perform better in exams.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Neurobiological research: Melody as a feature of poetry

Music and language share numerous common parameters that have already been intensively investigated. Melody, however, has so far been largely neglected. A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics ...

Neuroscience

Neuronal processes involved in musical interactions

Making music together is a unique challenge: Not only must a musician plan and execute the sounds made by their own instrument, but they have to coordinate their actions with those of others. This is an extraordinary accomplishment ...

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