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”.

Researchers supported by the BIAL foundation published in The Journal of Headache and Pain

Isabel Pavão Martins et al. published in the scope of the research project 63/10 - Mindful ageing. Avoiding age related cognitive decline, supported by the BIAL Foundation, the paper Cognitive aging in migraine sufferers is associated with more subjective complaints but similar age-related decline: a 5-year longitudinal study in The Journal of Headache and Pain.

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.