#cerveau

Le cerveau révèle petit à petit les mystères de son fonctionnement. Outre l’étude des neurones, les chercheurs et chercheuses s’intéressent de plus en plus au rôle d’autres types de cellules du système nerveux qui aident les neurones dans leurs tâches quotidiennes. Une étude conduite par des scientifiques de l’Inserm, du

Au XIXe siècle, on mesurait les crânes et les cerveaux pour justifier la hiérarchie entre les sexes, les races et classes sociales. Le XXe siècle découvre et admet comme critères modernes les tests cognitifs, l’imagerie cérébrale et les gènes.  Que sera le XXIe siècle, depuis la découverte de la plasticité

On a longtemps considéré les émotions comme des expériences biologiques innées et universelles, bien distinctes les unes des autres. Mais sont-elles vraiment innées ou bien sont-elles le produit de notre culture et de notre environnement ? Cette question fait depuis longtemps l’objet de débats dans le domaine des neurosciences. Des

We're not on Planet of the Apes, but almost. Indeed, scientists have just implanted a gene specific to man that would be responsible for the size of our brain and our so-called advanced cognitive abilities. The result is so spectacular that research was immediately stopped.

The brain is a constantly evolving organ and its functioning raises many questions. For example, scientists are working to discover how memories are created in the brain so that they can be targeted, restored and enriched with implants, and the necessary technologies already exist under

Did you say "nano"? It's often difficult to imagine a grain of matter at the nanoscale: a billionth of a metre. To get an idea of this, let's point out that the size ratio between planet Earth and an orange is similar to that between an orange

Violence, aggressiveness, attacks on moral order, crime, terrorism... Could all these deviant behaviours have their origin in the brain? To find out, would the method of choice be MRI imaging, which now makes it possible to see the brain at work without having to open the skull? Certainly neuroscience is bringing

Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have proven that it is possible to intensify or attenuate the pleasure derived from music, as well as the irresistible desire to hear more, by stimulating or deactivating certain brain circuits. An interesting approach to addiction treatment

In honor of Brain Week, which is being held throughout France, I propose that you take the time to ask yourself the question of the interest of neuroscience for management. Throughout life, we are aware that we have a heart, lungs... which we know

The neurosciences' view of an initiatory journey: What happens to the brain of the cyclist who sets off on a solo circumnavigation of the world? She had just turned twenty-seven, found the time long, the environment too narrow. Béatrice MAINE then imagined cycling around the world.

Bad memories often taint the mind. For some, victims of post-traumatic stress, they are so violent that they resist treatment and prevent a normal life. A neuroscientist, working on the mechanisms of learning, accidentally discovered that some bad memories can be erased forever. A drug