Roundup

What's New in Neuroscience?

  • Published29 Jan 2021
  • Author Cyrenna Cooper
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

This January, the Society for Neuroscience hosted Global Connectome: A Virtual Event, to facilitate scientific exchange across the globe. The conference, held January 11-13, highlighted new and exciting neuroscience research. From pinpointing the fear of heights in the brain to revealing how an overactive brainstem during sleep disrupts memory, scientists shed more light on the innerworkings of the brain.

Explore BrainFacts.org’s Global Connectome coverage.

GoodStudio

About the Author

Photo of Cyrenna Cooper

Cyrenna Cooper

Cyrenna Cooper is the Web Communications Specialist for BrainFacts.org. She graduated from George Mason University in 2017 with a degree in Communications.

CONTENT PROVIDED BY

BrainFacts/SfN

Related Topics Neuroscience in the News Memory Learning & Memory Sleep Mental Health Diet & Lifestyle Neuroscience in Society Thinking, Sensing & Behaving Diseases & Disorders

Also In Sleep

Interest of time thumbnail
In The Interest of Time: Circadian Rhythms and the Brain
Claymation of sun, clock and moon
Sun Rays and Long Days, Our Brain's Clock
Man sleeping in bed
Sleep Deprivation’s Effect on Your Brain
Cell phone, light and computer
How Blue Light Affects Our Ability to Sleep
brainwashing bavc thumbnail
Does Sleep Brainwash Us?
What Is Sleep? image
What on Earth is Sleep?

Trending

Popular articles on BrainFacts.org

  1. https://www.brainfacts.org/-/media/Brainfacts2/Diseases-and-Disorders/Mental-Health/Article-Images/Depression-and-Memory-Thumbnail.png
    Depression’s Impact on Memory
  2. https://www.brainfacts.org/-/media/Brainfacts2/Neuroscience-in-Society/Neuroscience-in-the-News/blood-clot.jpg
    ICYMI: COVID-19 Linked to Blood Clots and Strokes
  3. https://www.brainfacts.org/-/media/Brainfacts2/Brain-Anatomy-and-Function/Anatomy/Article-Images/Neuron-Illustration.jpg
    The Neuron
  4. https://www.brainfacts.org/-/media/Brainfacts2/Diseases-and-Disorders/Mental-Health/Article-Images/AAE-Anxiety-Thumb.png
    What Part of the Brain Deals With Anxiety? What Can Brains Affected by Anxiety Tell us?
  5. https://www.brainfacts.org/-/media/Brainfacts2/Brain-Anatomy-and-Function/Genes-and-Molecules/Article-Images/proteins-that-balance-our-moods-IOTW-image.jpg
    Proteins That Balance Our Moods

BrainFacts Book

Download a copy of the newest edition of the book, Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System.

Download

Educator Resources

Explain the brain to your students with a variety of teaching tools and resources.

Explore

Neuroscience in the News

Check out the latest news from the field.

Read More

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Some pages on this website provide links that require Adobe Reader to view.

Copyright © Society for Neuroscience