neuroscience

For centuries, we have tended to associate consciousness with the most sophisticated things our brains can do: thought, reason, language, memory. But Antonio Damasio argues that we should be looking somewhere much more ancient, and much more humble: Hunger. Thirst. Warmth. Cold. Pleasure. Pain.His argument is that consciousness begins with a living organism sensing the condition of its own body. At some point in the history of life, being alive began to feel like something.

The finding could eventually help researchers develop new approaches to slow the progression of the disease.

It’s a question psychologists have been wrestling with for decades: What exactly is time?Not the time kept by clocks or calendars, but the time we actually experience. Why do some moments stretch and others collapse?Martin Wiener has spent much of his career trying to understand those questions. His work suggests that our experience of time is not fixed at all. Instead, it may be something the brain continuously constructs and reshapes according to the information it decides is worth remembering.

Ahead of USU's Brain Health Fair, we learn how to combat cognitive decline, reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, promote healthy aging and improve your overall brain health.

We're joined by Nick and Melanie Herrmann. We tell Nick’s story, including living with a brain injury, neuroplasticity, vocational rehabilitation, low level light therapy, and more.

November marks Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, recognizing a disease that impacts over 6 million people currently living in the U.S. The AHEAD study is looking to treat patients at risk for the disease, instead of waiting until they develop symptoms.

Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds.

The Science Unwrapped talk at Utah State University this Friday will focus on the science of social bonds in animals and how this knowledge sheds light on the complexities of human sociality and love.

Sara Freeman, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at USU, received an early-career scientist grant to study the brain and social behavior of the coyote.

When former President Barack Obama shook hands with Nathan Copeland who is a quadrapalegic, he shook a robotic hand that can send signals to Nathan's…