Movement
April 12, 2022
Brain Games: How the Mind Performs Under Pressure
What neuroscience and psychology can tell us about baseball – and ourselves.
Tools & Technology
July 17, 2019
Seeing the "Sixth Sense"
A study led by Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, and Wesley Grueber, PhD, reveals that the imaging of body-sensing neurons required both new techniques and new technology.
Movement
February 23, 2018
Neurologists Explain How Olympic Athletes’ Brains Help Them Pull Off Those McTwists and Triple Lutzes
What does neuroscientist Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, see when he watches the world’s best athletes compete in this Winter Olympics?
Movement
February 16, 2018
Figure Skater Brains Are Literally Wired Differently
Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, and Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, explain what it is about figure skaters' brains that helps them stay upright on slippery ice.
Movement
February 15, 2018
Figure Skaters Have to Train Themselves to Ignore Their Natural Reflexes
In the figure skating rink, the brain areas that control movement have to learn new tricks, say Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, and Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD.
Movement
February 9, 2018
Go Figure: Why Olympic Ice Skaters Don't Fall Flat on Their Faces
Athletes’ brains get rewired with practice, say Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, and Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD.
Movement
August 30, 2017
"Movement Maps" Found Deep inside Brain
Watching neurons guide live mouse activities may help decipher Parkinson’s disease, according to research led by Rui Costa, DVM, PhD.
Movement
August 24, 2016
Why One Neuroscientist Started Blasting His Core
Randy Bruno, PhD, weighs in on a new anatomical understanding of how movement controls the body’s stress response system
Movement
August 12, 2016
Every Time Michael Phelps Takes a Stroke, This is What Happens in His Brain
Mark Churchland, PhD, studies the brain activity behind voluntary movement and swimming can serve as a great example of that.