Posts Tagged ‘brain mapping’
Word Association: Princeton Study Matches Brain Scans with Complex Thought
In an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as love or justice, Princeton researchers have for the first time matched images of brain activity with categories of words related to the concepts a person is thinking [Read More]
Brain’s Connectome From Branch to Branch
Max Planck scientists develop new analytical tools for the fast and accurate reconstruction of neural networks. The human brain is the most complex of all organs, containing billions of neurons with their corresponding projections, all woven together in a highly complex, [Read More]
Researchers Find Neural Signature of Mental Time Travel
Almost everyone has experienced one memory triggering another, but explanations for that phenomenon have proved elusive. Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have provided the first neurobiological evidence that memories formed in the same context become linked, the [Read More]
Brain Pathway Links Nicotine and Weight Loss
Smokers often gain weight when they quit. A new study in mice may help explain why. Scientists have pinpointed a brain receptor that seems to mediate nicotine’s ability to reduce food intake. The finding may eventually lead to more targeted therapies for smoking cessation [Read More]
Researchers Discover ‘Road Map’ in Fish Brain for How Vertebrates Produce Sounds
Cornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans, generate sound used for social communication. Much like walking or swimming, to make sounds, vertebrate (animals with a backbone) brains [Read More]
Researchers Map, Measure Brain’s Neural Connections
Computer scientists at Brown University have created software to examine neural circuitry in the human brain. The 2-D neural maps combine visual clarity with a Web-based digital map interface, and users can view 2-D maps together with 3-D images. The program aims to better [Read More]
USC Study Locates Source of Key Brain Function Involved in Scene Facilitation Effect
Scientists at the University of Southern California have pinned down the region of the brain responsible for a key survival trait: our ability to comprehend a scene—even one never previously encountered—in a fraction of a second. The key is to process the interacting [Read More]
Wiring The Brain: Making Connections – International Conference in Ireland
Wiring The Brain: Making Connections is an international conference that will be held in Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland from April 12-15, 2011. The conference will explore how brain connectivity is established, what happens to circuit and network function when the [Read More]
People Control Thoughts Better When They See Their Brain Activity
As humans face increasing distractions in their personal and professional lives, University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that people can gain greater control over their thoughts with real-time brain feedback. The study is the world’s first [Read More]
Technique for Letting Brain Talk to Computers Now Tunes in Speech
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have adapted brain-computer interfaces to listen to regions of the brain that control speech. [Read More]
