FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·November 29, 2011·2 min readLook at That! Ravens Use Gestures, TooRavens gesture with their beaks to point out objects to each other Pointing and holding up objects in order to...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 28, 2011·1 min readResearchers Design Steady Handed Robot for Brain SurgeryNeurosurgeons may one day get help in operating rooms from a robot with movements 10 times steadier than the human...Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 11, 2011·3 min readAttention and Awareness UncoupledBrain imaging experiments uncouple two apparently intimately connected mental processes In everyday life, attention and awareness appear tightly interwoven. Attending...Read More
Neurology·November 10, 2011·3 min readNew Test for Consciousness in Comatose PatientsThe Coma Science Group (CRCyclotron, University of Liège /Liège University Hospital), led by Dr Steven Laureys, has developed, along with...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·November 10, 2011·3 min readParkinsonian Worms May Hold the Key to Identifying Drugs for Parkinson’s DiseaseResearchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that...Read More
Neuroscience·November 9, 2011·4 min readHC: Woman with Amnesia Unable to Hold a Single Face in Short-term Memory … Unless it’s Paris HiltonStudy shows intact memory for familiar information, despite memory deficit A 22-year-old woman known as “HC” with amnesia since birth...Read More
AutismNeurology·November 8, 2011·3 min readAutism Linked with Excess of Neurons in Prefrontal CortexA study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego Autism Center of Excellence shows that brain overgrowth in...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 4, 2011·2 min readBrain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry – T gondii Affects DopamineA research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in...Read More
