Women take a lot of criticism for premenstrual syndrome, being accused by male friends and partners of irritability and moodiness. Now, women may have a good explanation for their behavior. During the 2 weeks before their period, women experience a gradual surge of progesterone secretion. Progesterone... Read more →

Law enforcers now have all the proof they need for tougher anti-cell phone measures for drivers, as the latest published neurological study shows that there is a 37% reduction in parietal cortex activity with driving. Arguments that there are many among us who can multi-task well have taken a back seat... Read more →

Functional MRI (fMRI) is one of the most widely used experimental tools in neuroscience today, which allows us to study blood flow patterns to different parts of the brain during a given task. For example during solving mathematical problems, a typical fMRI pattern is seen. Recently however, psychological... Read more →

A new study from the Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has provided important clues to how chronic pain might throw our lives out of gear by affecting many areas of the cerebral cortex. Worse, if left unchecked, it could lead to irreversible damage to the interconnection between... Read more →

Brain imaging techniques are increasingly being utilized to investigate cognition. This branch of research is referred to as cognitive neuroscience. Some have suggested that these techniques run the danger of simply emerging as “techno-color phrenology”, where no insights are actually gained... Read more →