The recent discovery that rodents have a well-developed magnetic compass sense has stimulated interest in the neural mechanism responsible for detecting and processing magnetic information in mammals. Image - Model of Radical Pair Mechanism response (data from Cintelosi et al. 2003).
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December 09, 2013
A recent study published by Andrea Robinson and David Bucci in the journal Neuroscience indicates that exercising during pregnancy can improve recognition memory in the offspring when they are tested as adults.
November 20, 2013
Dr. Travis Todd, a postdoctoral fellow in Professor David Bucci’s laboratory, has received the 2013 New Investigator Award from the American Psychological Association (Division of Experimental Psychology)....
November 12, 2013
New Dartmouth study of chronic dieters suggests brain disruptions weaken will power.
September 17, 2013
Popular Science features new Dartmouth research that focuses on what the brain’s “mental workplace” looks like when people manipulate images in their mind.
September 10, 2013
Neuroscience plays a starring role in a two-part series Brains on Trial With Alan Alda, airing on PBS Wednesday, September 11, and Wednesday, September 18, from 10 to 11 p.m., a project that Dartmouth Professor Thalia Wheatley, an expert in brain science and social intelligence, worked on as a consultant.
August 28, 2013
In a story about “super recognizers”—people who have an exceptional ability to remember faces—ScienceNews turns for comment to Dartmouth’s Bradley Duchaine.
August 05, 2013
Assistant Professor Kyle Smith, who joined the faculty of Dartmouth’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in July, has identified brain cells involved in habit formation and inhibition.
June 06, 2013
Rachel Abendroth '13 says of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , “I’ve appreciated the breadth of courses offered by some wonderfully talented professors.”...
May 15, 2013
In a story about a rare disorder that makes it difficult for people to recognize even familiar places, NBC’s The Today Show interviews Dartmouth’s Jeffrey Taube , who studies the navigational processes used by rats