Choosing the usual or taking a chance?

We always choose the same route back home, but one day, alerted about traffic restrictions, we decide to risk an alternative route. What drives us to make this decision?

Dream and daydream: differences and similarities

Did you know that daydreams reflect events from the previous two days and “night” dreams resemble a fictional plot?

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”.

Cell Reports presents results of a project supported by BIAL Foundation

The research team of project 253/14 - The impact of lipid signaling modulation in cognition, led by Tiago Gil Oliveira, published in Cell Reports the paper Phospholipase D1 Ablation Disrupts Mouse Longitudinal Hippocampal Axis Organization and Functioning.

Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation features in the journal Scientific Reports

Carlo Miniussi published in the scope of project 51/16 - Cognitive plasticity: Modulation and monitoring through a neurophysiological approach, supported by the BIAL Foundation, the paper Effects of different transcranial direct current stimulation protocols on visuo-spatial contextual learning formation: evidence of homeostatic regulatory mechanisms in the journal Scientific Reports.

Prof. Maria de Sousa

BIAL Foundation expresses profound sorrow on the passing of Prof. Maria de Sousa, a unique figure in science worldwide, who contributed to the scientific and academic development in Portugal in a remarkable way.