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Human sounds convey emotions better than words do

Published: 18 January 2016

By Katherine Gombay, ۲ݮƵ Newsroom Brain uses “older” systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations

What is your memory style?

Published: 15 December 2015

Why is it that some people have richly detailed recollection of past experiences (episodic memory), while others tend to remember just the facts without details (semantic memory)?...

There’s More Than Meets the Eye When Making Choices

Published: 14 December 2015

If you’re pondering whether to buy a Galaxy smartphone or an iPhone this holiday season, a part of the brain called the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (PFC) might ultimately determine your choice....

Breakthrough in "marriage-broker" protein

Published: 12 August 2015

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at ۲ݮƵ University and the ۲ݮƵ University Health Centre, have made a breakthrough in understanding an important...

Waiting for pleasure

Published: 4 August 2015

Researchers at ۲ݮƵ have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification.

Practice doesn’t always make perfect

Published: 28 July 2015

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? New research on the brain’s capacity to learn suggests there’s more to it than the adage that “practise makes perfect.” A music-training study by scientists at the...

How insulin calms brain activity

Published: 30 June 2015

Insulin has long been known as the hormone which controls the body’s sugar levels: humans who lack or are insensitive to insulin develop diabetes. Although insulin is also made and released in the...

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