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Looking Deeper into Brain Function

Neuroscience NewsMarch 26, 2018

Researchers propose a new approach to neuroimaging studies. They suggest, rather than beginning with predefined behavioral functions and trying to assign associated brain regions, new studies should focus on selecting brain areas first and screen for potential behavioral associations.... Read More...

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Revealing the Detailed Architecture of the Brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 3, 2015

Researchers have developed a new way to classify neurons by imaging and labeling the proteins found in each cell.... Read More...

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Neuroimaging May Offer New Way to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

Neuroscience NewsJune 5, 2013

Researchers suggest MRI could prove an effective tool in diagnosing mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder. Using advanced computational models, researchers were able to correctly distinguish bipolar patients from healthy individuals with 73% accuracy based on brain scans alone.... Read More...

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Owl Mystery Unraveled Scientists Explain How Bird Can Rotate Its Head Without Cutting Off Blood Supply to Brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 31, 2013

Researchers have figured out how night-hunting owls can almost fully rotate their heads without damaging the delicate blood vessels in their necks and heads, and without cutting off blood supply to their brains.... Read More...

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Why Chronic Pain is All in Your Head

Neuroscience NewsJuly 2, 2012

Researchers were able to predict, with 85 percent accuracy at the beginning of the study, which participants would go on to develop chronic pain based on the level of interaction between the frontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens.... Read More...

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Could Training the Brain’ Help Children with Tourette Syndrome?

Neuroscience NewsMarch 24, 2011

Children with Tourette syndrome could benefit from behavioural therapy to reduce their symptoms, according to a new brain imaging study.Researchers at The U... Read More...

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Neuroscience

Myth-busting study reveals that gamblers can’t detect slot machine payout percentages

Why two out of three babies are cradled on the left

Antioxidant precursor molecule could improve Parkinson’s

Neurology

Antioxidant precursor molecule could improve Parkinson’s

Persistent HIV in central nervous system linked to cognitive impairment

Gut microbes protect against neurologic damage from viral infections

AI

Electronic chip mimics the brain to make memories in a flash

Deep learning algorithm solves Rubik’s Cube faster than any human

Neuroscience and artificial intelligence can help improve each other

Robotics

3D printed prosthetic hand can guess how you play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Brain cells for 3D vision discovered

Psychology

Myth-busting study reveals that gamblers can’t detect slot machine payout percentages

Why two out of three babies are cradled on the left

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brain imaging

Looking Deeper into Brain Function

Revealing the Detailed Architecture of the Brain

Neuroimaging May Offer New Way to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

Owl Mystery Unraveled Scientists Explain How Bird Can Rotate Its Head Without Cutting Off Blood Supply to Brain

Why Chronic Pain is All in Your Head

Could Training the Brain’ Help Children with Tourette Syndrome?