New Brain Maps With Unmatched Detail May Change Neuroscience

A technique based on genetic bar codes can easily map the connections of individual brain cells in unprecedented numbers. Unexpected complexity in the visual system is only the first secret it has revealed. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ac7b9bbca846b0c6d91a9f9/master/pass/NeuralPathsArt_2880x1620-2880×1620.jpg

3 things the most successful people do at work every day, according to neuroscience

Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/Flickr • Having the right mindset is key to your ultimate success. • But achieving success isn’t as simple as just working hard. • Strong focus, a positive attitude, and “flow” can all help set you up for success. We have an obsession with successful people. From the small […]

Real-life zombies tend to be the fast ones, neuroscience study suggests

Enlarge / Slow zombies. (credit: George Romero) In decades of films, the dead have risen from the grave to stalk the living. Classic zombies go slow (a literal plodding approach of death), while modern zombies are often swifter, sometimes speedy. Though science-fiction fans will endlessly debate which is better, a new neuroscience study on the […]