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FeaturedNeuroscience·April 7, 2022·3 min readWhat Shaking a Container Can Teach Us About TouchStudy sheds light on the human ability to understand how an object moves inside a container, revealing how different kinds of information can be conveyed via the sense of touch.Read More
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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 21, 2021·3 min readThose Who Are More Creative Can Think Of Ideas With Greater “Distances” Between ThemA simple exercise of naming unrelated words and measuring the semantic distance between the words could serve as an objective measure of personal creativity, a new study reports.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 10, 2021·4 min readCell Structure Previously Associated With Disease Actually Improves Brain FunctionAxonal swelling in the Purkinje cells of mice had no detrimental impact on firing rate or the speed at which axons transmit signals. At peak firing rate, axons with swellings were less likely to fail than those without.Read More
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FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 25, 2021·3 min readStudy Links Genes With Function Across the Human BrainA new study that utilized machine learning tools provides a new map that links genetic signatures to functions across the human brain.Read More