r/neuro
142k members
r/neuro is a subreddit with 142k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses neuroscience, brain, study, looking for, and memory, and they frequently recommend/review neuroscience books and anatomy book.
/r/neuro, involving neuroscience: Discussion and news pertaining to neurobiology, cognitive studies, clinical neuroscience, the laboratory, and anything else related.
We're a bit laid back here, you're free to post anything about neuroscience - even rants, random thoughts, or memes - as long as it doesn't break the rules. For more academic discussions of journal articles, /r/neuroscience is a great place.
Popular Themes in r/neuro
#1
Advice Requests
: "Looking for constructive criticism"
20 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Neuroscience says multitasking makes your brain age faster. Neuroscientists at Stanford University found that heavy multitaskers showed decreased gray matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex—a region critical for attention and cognitive control—compared to those focused on one task at a time"
4 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Neuroscience masters student from SA trying to break into health tech"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/neuro
#1
Neuroscience
: "Eye-opening Neuroscience study says chronic yelling/hostile homes rewire kids' brains like PTSD amygdala overdrive & constant alert (fMRI studies)"
123 posts
#2
Brain
: "Scientists copied a real fruit fly's entire Brain neuron by neuron, 125,000+ cells and 50 million connections and ran it in a computer sim. They gave it a virtual body, and it just started walking, grooming, and fixing its posture on its own."
95 posts
#3
Study
: "How do yall Study neuroscience efficiently?"
24 posts
#4
Looking For
23 posts
#5
Memory
: "Reversing Memory Loss via the Vagus Nerve. Your Gut Is Secretly Running Your Memory. Scientists Just Proved It."
16 posts
#6
Research
: "Seeking advice on how to start gaining Research experience starting from a non-traditional background"
15 posts
#7
Eeg
: "Eeg brain states mapped to circular
"pupil space" - open pipeline, independent research"
10 posts
#8
Field
: "A proposed "neural compiler" to predict brain dynamics from structure alone, two new methods to map human white matter at the ultrastructural level, oral semaglutide fails to slow Alzheimer's progression, and more recent advances in neuroscience"
10 posts
#9
Consciousness
9 posts
#10
Cognitive
: "Danish psychiatrist Søren Dinesen Østergaard, who predicted AI chatbots could trigger psychosis, warns generative AI creates "Cognitive debt" by outsourcing reasoning, eroding critical thinking, altering brain function & risking a generation unable to innovate or control AI"
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/neuro
Neuroscience Books
28 reviews
#1
V.S. Ramachandran
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
David Eagleman
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Antonio Damasio
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Anatomy Book
3 reviews
#1
Nolte
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Fitzgerald
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Scholar
4.0★ from 1 review
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Yearly
+17k members(13.3%)
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Last updated: June 9, 2026