How our brains connect and disconnect our consciousness from any awareness of the environment around us continues to puzzle scientists. Imagine you are under general anesthesia for surgery. You wouldn’t want to be aware of what is happening to you in the...
Many of us are missing our favorite meals at restaurants shut down due to pandemic restrictions. But how exactly does ‘absence make the heart grow fonder’? A team of neuroscientists from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) won the top BrainStorm Neuroscience...
