Does your dog have social skills?

A study suggests that viewing the owner’s face works as a positive social reinforcement for dogs. Learn more about this and other surprising results about “man’s best friend”.

How does eye-contact affect the brain syncroninization?

Caroline Di Bernardi Luft, supported by the BIAL Foundation in the scope of project 138/18 – The neural signatures of leadership: Two-brain directed synchronization during eye-contact demonstrated that eye-contact affects the frequency and direction of brain synchronization, and that this synchronization differs between dyads. The paper “Social synchronization of brain activity increases during eye-contact” featuring these results was published in the journal Communications Biology.

Patrícia Teixeira Lopes is the new non-executive member of the Board of the BIAL Foundation

BIAL Foundation includes, for the mandate 2022-2025, Patrícia Teixeira Lopes as non-executive member of its Board of Directors...

How do astrocytes regulate the activity of neuronal networks?

João Filipe Oliveira, supported by the BIAL Foundation in the scope of project 37/18 – Decoding the neuron-astrocyte dialogue that supports cognitive processing, concluded that the astrocytes, in addition to contributing to homeostatic control and signal exchange between molecules