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”.

The Journal Scientific Reports published results of project supported by the BIAL Foundation

Jane Aspell and Flavia Cardini published in the scope of project 121/14 - Maternal Brain Gain: Changes in neural representations and body perception during pregnancy, supported by the BIAL Foundation, the paper Enlarged representation of peripersonal space in pregnancy in the journal Scientific Reports. The results were also disseminated in the newspaper Independent - Pregnant women’s ‘safety bubble’ expands during third trimester to ‘keep danger at arm’s length’.

Prof. Fernando Lopes da Silva

BIAL Foundation expresses profound sorrow over the passing of Prof. Fernando Lopes da Silva, one of the most remarkable neuroscientists of the last decades, worldwide. Prof. Fernando Lopes da Silva marked BIAL Foundation’s history and path, having played a key role on its affirmation and recognition. He was President of the Scientific Board of the BIAL Foundation, of which he was member since 1997. Prof. Fernando Lopes da Silva was part of the Organizing Committee of the “Behind and Beyond the Brain” Symposia since 2003, and was President from 2009 to 2016. In 2018, assumed the presidency of the jury of the BIAL Award in Biomedicine, created at that time, aiming to recognize a work published in the biomedical field within the last ten years, that translates a work with results of great quality and high scientific relevance.

BIAL Foundation launch new nobel-style award in biomedicine

The BIAL Foundation today announced the launch of the inaugural BIAL Award in Biomedicine. Worth €300,000, the new award will recognise high quality, scientifically relevant research in the biomedical field published as of 1st January 2010. The award will be granted bi-annually from 2019 onwards.