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The Sweet Spot: How Reward Size Shapes Our Motivation

Exploring how reinforcer magnitude affects performance maintained by progressive-ratio schedules in behavioral psychology

Hannah Simmons
Aug 22, 2025

The Hidden Immune Key: How a Single Gene Accelerates Alzheimer's Damage

Discover how ITGAX downregulation exacerbates Alzheimer's pathology by promoting M1 microglia polarization and its implications for future treatments.

Victoria Phillips
Aug 22, 2025

You Are What You Eat: How Felice Jacka's Nutritional Psychiatry Is Revolutionizing Mental Health Treatment

Explore how Felice Jacka's groundbreaking research in nutritional psychiatry is transforming our understanding of diet's impact on mental health and depression treatment.

Emma Hayes
Aug 22, 2025

Lighting Up Brain Circuits: How SynaptoPAC Is Revolutionizing Neuroscience Research

Explore SynaptoPAC, an innovative optogenetic tool that enables precise control of presynaptic plasticity using light, revolutionizing neuroscience research and therapeutic potential.

Elizabeth Butler
Aug 22, 2025

The Symphony of the Nervous System: Sherrington's Revolutionary Concept of Integrative Action

Explore Sir Charles Scott Sherrington's groundbreaking concept of integrative action in the nervous system and its lasting impact on neuroscience.

Eli Rivera
Aug 22, 2025

Tiny Brains, Giant Leaps: How Insect Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Robotics

Discover how insect brains are inspiring breakthroughs in robotic autonomy, efficiency, and navigation capabilities.

Victoria Phillips
Aug 22, 2025

The Hidden Architecture of Memory: How Synapses Store Life's Experiences

Discover how synapses store memories through cutting-edge neuroscience research on synaptic architecture and memory formation mechanisms.

Paisley Howard
Aug 22, 2025

The Daddy Brain Switch: How Two Tiny Brain Regions Control Paternal Instincts in Mice

Discover how the medial preoptic area and ventral pallidum control paternal behavior in mice through groundbreaking neuroscience research.

Chloe Mitchell
Aug 22, 2025

ECR Spotlight: Decoding Animal Conversations with Dr. Maevatiana Ratsimbazafindranahaka

Discover how Dr. Maevatiana Ratsimbazafindranahaka uses bioacoustics and biologging to decode animal communication in whales and lemurs for conservation science.

Hunter Bennett
Aug 22, 2025

Unlocking the Mouse Mind: How Custom-Built Labs Are Revolutionizing Neuroscience

Discover how custom-built operant conditioning setups combined with calcium imaging are transforming neuroscience research in freely moving mice.

Camila Jenkins
Aug 22, 2025

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