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”.

Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation published in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

In the scope of the research project 118/14 - Recursive consciousness training: Using neurofeedback to induce altered states supported by the BIAL Foundation, Amir Raz and collaborators published the paper Source Localization of Brain States Associated with Canonical Neuroimaging Postures in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Researcher supported by the BIAL Foundation publishes in the journal “Glia”

In the scope of the research project 207/14 - The role of astrocytes in complex cognitive processing supported by the BIAL Foundation, João Filipe Oliveira and collaborators published the paper Astrocytic signaling supports hippocampal–prefrontal theta synchronization and cognitive function in the journal GLIA.

Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation published in the journal “Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging”

In the scope of the research project 50/10 - Trance: Cortical Representations supported by the BIAL Foundation, Alessandra Mainieri and collaborators have recently published the paper Neural correlates of psychotic-like experiences during spiritual-trance state in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.