Week of March 11, 2019: Read the Latest Advocacy and Science News

Week of March 4, 2019: Read the Latest Advocacy and Science News

Multisensory neurons in the primate amygdala may provide the building blocks needed to process social and emotional information, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

Discarding information from the brain is associated with more mental effort than keeping it, finds a human neuroimaging study published in JNeurosci.

Aiming for treatment they have spent more than 30 years describing, understanding and diagnosing the most common hereditary form of stroke, CADASIL. For this, the four French neuroscientists are now receiving the world's most valuable prize for brain research – the Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize, worth 1 million euros.

An analysis published in JNeurosci of brain scans from more than 600 children and adolescents reveals genetically-mediated associations between the size of evolutionarily novel brain regions and intelligence test scores.

Presenters unable to travel to the U.S. for Neuroscience 2019 due to visa restrictions will be able to participate in a new ‘Science Knows No Borders’ program, allowing them to present their science and their posters remotely.

From a competitive pool of applicants, 12 members of SfN were awarded funding to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on March 7, 2019, as Early Career Policy Ambassadors (ECPAs).

Week of Feb. 25, 2019: Read the Latest Advocacy and Science News

Research published in eNeuro emphasizes real-time eye contact as basis for effective social interaction.