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Why we should be more concerned about maternal stress during pregnancy

Why we should be more concerned about maternal stress during pregnancy

EUSci12 January 202112 January 2021Leave a comment
Marie Poirot reports on a University of Edinburgh study which highlights the connection between stress during pregnancy and the development...
Zombie neuroscience: it’s all about the braiiiiins

Zombie neuroscience: it’s all about the braiiiiins

EUSci15 November 202015 November 2020Leave a comment
Ellie Bennett uses neuroscience to explore what has gone wrong in the zombie brain to make them the lumbering, flesh-hungry...
You are what you eat: is cannibalism a good idea?

You are what you eat: is cannibalism a good idea?

EUSci1 July 20201 July 2020Leave a comment
Cannibalism in Brazil, engraved by Theodor de Bry, 1655. Image credit: Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0. During lockdown I,...
An Alien in Our Sea: A look at the intelligence of an octopus

An Alien in Our Sea: A look at the intelligence of an octopus

EUSci22 June 202022 June 2020Leave a comment
Image credit: Elisabetta Lando In 2016, one of my favourite sci-fi films Arrival was released, and – mild spoiler alert...
Time for an upgrade? Exploring human neural enhancement

Time for an upgrade? Exploring human neural enhancement

EUSci16 April 202016 April 2020Leave a comment
Image credit: Aytuguluturk, Pixabay When considering neuroprosthetics and brain-machine interfaces, cyborgs and sentient robots may come to mind – part...
The brain is overrated: a look at cognition in slime mould

The brain is overrated: a look at cognition in slime mould

EUSci5 April 20206 April 2020Leave a comment
Historical, scientific and philosophical adventure into the nature of consciousness seems to have, nine times out of ten, made the...
Mapping the human synaptome: the origins of thought?

Mapping the human synaptome: the origins of thought?

News5 October 20195 October 2019Leave a comment
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences via Flickr The field of neuroscience has grown exponentially since it began. From the...
The gendered dimensions of autism

The gendered dimensions of autism

News22 August 201931 August 2019Leave a comment
Image credit: ElisaRiva via Pixabay. Gender has been at the forefront of discussion in recent years. Amongst all the talk...
Neuroscientist Gina Rippon dismantled the myth of the ‘female brain’

Neuroscientist Gina Rippon dismantled the myth of the ‘female brain’

News19 April 201919 April 2019Leave a comment
Image Credit: GregPlom via Pixabay The work of Dr Gina Rippon has veered into controversial territory. More controversial, in fact,...

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