Moms teach babies the smell of fear
!["The novel part here is that we have proposed a mechanism by which the [basal ganglia] can detect when it has selected an action and should therefore amplify the dopamine reinforcing event specifically at that time," says Michael Frank. (Credit: Karen Chu/Flickr)](http://www.futurity.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/excellent_choice_1170-370x200.jpg)
Brown University
Why the things we choose seem better than the rest
Brain research suggests why people often value rewards they choose themselves over rewards they just receive, even when the two are actually equivalent. READ MORE…
Penn State
Bug ‘tunnels’ suggest quick rebound after asteroid
New leaf-mining insects appeared in the western US just a million years after the asteroid event that triggered dinosaur extinctions, report researchers. READ MORE…
University of California, Santa Barbara
Crows beat test that stumps little kids
New Caledonian crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds (and better than children who are 4 to 6) on cause-and-effect water displacement tasks. READ MORE…
University of California, Berkeley
Laser device sniffs out tiny traces of explosives
A tiny, more sensitive laser sensor could one day detect minute concentrations of an popular explosive. And unlike bomb-sniffing dogs, it doesn't get tired. READ MORE…
Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oregon
Vision gets ‘turned up’ when mice run
A brainstem circuit in mice could help explain how active movement changes the way the brain processes sensory information, including vision. READ MORE…
