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Machine learning identifies personalized brain networks in children

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 19, 2020

Study shows how brain networks unique to each child can predict cognition. Using a combination of neuroimaging data and machine learning, researchers reveal functional neuroanatomy can vary greatly among children and is refined during development.... Read More...

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Alcoholism in the family affects how your brain switches between active and resting states

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 10, 2020

Having a parent with an alcohol use disorder affects how your brain transitions between active and resting states, regardless of your own drinking habits.... Read More...

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Squid brains approach that of dogs

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 28, 2020

The first MRI-based mapping of the squid brain yields 145 new connections and pathways, 60% of which are linked to the motor and visual systems. The new brain map brings researchers one step closer to understanding how the squid can instantly camouflage itself.... Read More...

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How emotions are mapped in the brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 24, 2020

Neuroimaging reveals the entire set of human emotions is topographically located in the right temporoparietal junction.... Read More...

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Google and Janelia researchers unveil biggest, most detailed map of the fly brain to date

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 22, 2020

FlyEM, a team of scientists from Google and the Janelia Research Campus at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has released the most complete map of the fly brain ever created. The map pinpoints millions of connections between 25,000 neurons. The researchers have made the data free online, along with all of the tools necessary to use it.... Read More...

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Brain model offers new insights into damage caused by stroke and other injuries

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 14, 2020

Combining neuroimaging data and deep learning technologies, researchers have developed a model of the human brain that simulates patterns of neurological impairment better than existing models.... Read More...

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Connecting the dots in the migraine brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 13, 2020

Neuroimaging study reveals altered structural brain connectivity in patients with chronic and episodic migraines.... Read More...

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Ooh là là! Music evokes 13 key emotions. Scientists have mapped them

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 6, 2020

Researchers discover how people from the US and China respond to different genres of music and translate the data into an interactive audio map. Findings suggest there are 13 overall categories of experience preserved across cultures that correspond with specific feelings.... Read More...

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Your Brain: Individual & Unique

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 3, 2020

Individual variations define a specific structural fingerprint with a direct impact on the functional organization of individual brains. The findings stress the importance of using individual models to understand brain function.... Read More...

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A molecular map of the brain’s decision-making area

Neuroscience NewsDecember 27, 2019

Using RNA sequencing, researchers have created a spatiomolecular map of the striatum, an area of the brain implicated in decision making and addiction.... Read More...

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