Issue 23 The Neuroscience of Inequality One of the fundamental mysteries in neuroscience is how the brain develops and adapts to its experiences regardless of genetics. It has become a hot topic in media from documentaries like Three Identical Strangers...
Issue 21 Diversity in Neuroscience The field of neuroscience is not diverse or inclusive for underrepresented groups, which consist primarily of women, racial minorities, and the LGBTQ+ community.
Issue 20 How Pollution Affects the Brain Take a deep breath in. Exhale out. Take another deep breath in. Exhale out. Take deep breaths to center and calm yourself. This is a common strategy to rid the body of stressful and angry emotions. But what if deep breathing actually creates stressors instead of reducing them?
Cover Article With a Grain of Salt: The MSG “Menace” “No MSG”—two simple words plastered across food packaging and restaurant windows have consumers feeling relieved. MSG has long been criticized by consumers; some charge it as guilty for causing
Issue 15 Like, Comment, Subscribe The boom of the digital age and social media revolution has been a significant phenomenon in human history. As digital communication continues to become more ubiquitous, social media networks are
Issue 15 Bug Off: The Neural Effects of Insecticides The first thing that comes to mind when people think of insects is probably not their tiny brains. However, scientists have been studying and taking advantage of the relatively simple
Issue 14 The Blood Brain Barrier Baffles Big Pharma Despite there being a large unmet need for treatments in neurological disorders, big pharma is beginning to withdraw from drug development due to the challenge of crossing the blood-brain barrier,
Issue 13 Open Your Mind: Understanding Implicit Bias Although society has progressed toward equality, discrimination continues to play a role in the daily lives of minorities. At the time of the last census, non-white minorities comprised about one-fourth
Issue 12 The Opioid Epidemic Our country is in a crisis. It dwells in our rural towns and inner cities. It resides in affluent suburbs and one-bedroom apartments. It can attack your teenage brother or
Issue 12 An Exploration of Acupuncture Cultures and traditions continue to transcend borders as our world becomes more connected. With an increasing flow of novel practices, alternative medical treatments have become a popular choice for many
Featured Article A Royal Pain The Concussion that Caused a Commotion: A Look at King Henry II of France Clad in armor and lances at hand, two jousters mounted their steeds. The competitors aimed their
Issue 9 Brain-Ethics Neuroscience research has advanced over the last few decades at an unprecedented pace: the U.S. government even declared the 1990s to be the “Decade of the Brain,” a shout-out
Issue 6 Ethical History: A Contemporary Examination of the Little Albert Experiment In 1917, two curious researchers looking to examine the effects of fear conditioning began a study at Johns Hopkins University that would later become one of the most controversial experiments
Issue 6 A Childhood Lost: PTSD in Children of the Gaza Strip No child should grow up with the fear that the next breath they take in could be their last. Such extreme stress can affect the delicate developmental processes that take
Issue 6 CTE: The Unexpected Consequences of Recurrent Head Trauma Sports are expensive. From a new pair of cleats to multi-million dollar stadiums, people spend a lot of money on the games they love. Perhaps the biggest cost, however, is
Issue 3 The Language of Music A new style of jazz began to emerge in New York City during the mid-1940s, dubbed “bebop” by its pioneers. With its trademark flurry of complicated melodic lines, bebop is
Issue 2 Desynchronizers and the Circadian Sleep Cycle From the blaring televisions to all-in-one smartphones, it is easy to focus attention towards screens at all moments of the day. Increasing technological advancement has brought mankind into an era
