Women Have More Active Brains Than Men - NeuroscienceNews.com - A large scale SPECT imaging study reveals women’s brains are significantly more active in more regions than males, including the prefronal cortex and limbic areas. Visual and areas associated with coordination were more active in males, researchers noted. #science #neuroscience #brain

The Illusion of Sex - NeuroscienceNews.com In this illusion by Richard Russell, the same face appears to be female when the skin tone is made lighter (left image) and male when the skin tone is made darker (right image). #science #neuroscience #psychology #illusions

The Coffer Illusion - Neurosciencenews.com The Coffer Illusion may initially appear as a series of sunken rectangular door panels, but after a few seconds, your brain’s representation of the image may “flip” to give you the experience of 16 circles. Credit to Anthony Narcia #science #neuroscience #illusions

Optical Illusions - NeuroscienceNews.com - In Gianni Sarcone’s Mask of Love, a Venetian mask can be seen to contain either a single face or the faces of two people kissing.#neuroscience #science #illusions

Infants Know What We Like Best - NeuroscienceNews.com - The findings confirmed that infants as young as 8 months are already developing the ability to see the world through someone else’s eyes, to sense what another person may or may not know, think or believe about a situation. Image from WUSTL news release. #neuroscience #science #parenting

First Image of Major Brain Receptor in Action Captured - NeuroscienceNews.com - Cryo-electron micrograph (left) and 3-D structural reconstruction (right) of the activated glutamate receptor synaptic complex with stargazin (STZ). Image is credited to Sobolevsky lab/Columbia University Medical Center.

New Causer of Schizophrenia Discovered - NeuroscienceNews.com - Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have made a significant discovery as to how schizophrenia may occur. They discovered a genetic defect that causes damage to glial cells may also impair the production of myelin. Image credit: OpenStax and is licensed CC BY 4.0.

Researchers suggest an agent in the gut could interfere with alpha-synuclein in endocrine cells, deforming the proteins which then may spread to the brain in Parkinson's patients.

Scientists Replay Movie Encoded in DNA - Neuroscience News - For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in – and then played back from – DNA in living cells. The infamous Dr. George Church and team pulled it off. Credit of image to NIH/NIMH researchers. #science #genetics #DNA #movies

Scientists Replay Movie Encoded in DNA - Neuroscience News - For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in – and then played back from – DNA in living cells. The infamous Dr. George Church and team pulled it off. Credit of image to NIH/NIMH researchers. #science #genetics #DNA #movies