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Featured·December 15, 2017·6 min readComputer System Predicts Objects’ Response to Physical ForcesA new AI system may shed light on how and when humans begins to use different information processing resources.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·July 27, 2014·8 min readNew Tools Help Neuroscientists Analyze Big DataNew neuroscience software helps speed analysis of large scale, complex data sets.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 3, 2018·4 min readBig Data Approach to Drug Discovery Leads to New Epilepsy TargetCRAFT, a new computational framework designed to aid in drug discovery, has helped researchers identify a potential new target for the treatment of epilepsy.Read More
AutismFeatured·March 20, 2015·4 min readAutistic and Non-Autistic Brain Differences Isolated for First TimeNeuroimaging study isolates functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 12, 2016·5 min readBig Data Study Discovers Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s DevelopmentBig data finds changes in blood flow mark the earliest sign of Alzheimer's. Additionally, the study found cognitive changes begin earlier in the disease progression than thought.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·January 21, 2015·2 min readGlobal Consortium Attempts to Crack the Brain’s Genetic CodeCrowdsourced project identifies eight common genetic mutations which appear to age the brain by an average of three years, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 24, 2014·3 min readNeuroscience and Big Data: How to Find Simplicity in the BrainA new paper describes the scientific motivations for studying neural activity, along with a class of machine learning, called dimensionality reduction, for interpreting the activity.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 24, 2018·4 min readSpeech Analysis Software Predicts Psychosis in Those At Risk With 83% AccuracyResearchers report computer based analysis of speech transcripts from teens at risk of psychosis were able to predict, with 83% accuracy, who would develop symptoms within 2 years.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 21, 2018·10 min readViral Connection to Alzheimer’s: Herpes Virus Implicated in Alzheimer’s DiseaseResearchers provide evidence that certain species of human herpesvirus contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease. The study reports high levels of human herpesvirus 6A and 7 were found in brain samples showing signs of Alzheimer's neuropathology. The findings offer hints of the viral mechanisms that could trigger or exacerbate AD.Read More
Featured·February 13, 2015·2 min readNetwork Dynamics with BrainX3Researchers have developed a new platform which combines computational power with human intuition. The system also serves as a hypotheses generator for big data.Read More