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·January 30, 2012·3 min read

Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center

New location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed...

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·January 20, 2012·3 min read

T-rays Technology Could Help Develop Star Trek-style Hand-held Medical Scanners

Scientists have developed a new way to create Terahertz waves (T-rays) that may one day lead to biomedical detective devices...

CSHL Team Introduces Automated Imaging to Greatly Speed Whole Brain Mapping Efforts

Facilitates systematic comparison of mouse models of disorders including schizophrenia, autism A new technology developed by neuroscientists at Cold Spring...

Neurology

·January 16, 2012·4 min read

Neural Balls and Strikes: Where Categories Live in the Brain

Brain circuits for visual categorization revealed by new experiments Hundreds of times during a baseball game, the home plate umpire...

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·January 11, 2012·3 min read

Study Offers Clue As to Why Alcohol is Addicting

UCSF Gallo scientists show that drinking releases brain endorphins Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of...

Neurology

·December 23, 2011·2 min read

How Skin is Wired for Touch

Compared to our other senses, scientists don’t know much about how our skin is wired for the sensation of touch....

Neurology

·December 22, 2011·2 min read

UT Health Researchers Link Multiple Sclerosis to Different Area of Brain

Radiology researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have found evidence that multiple sclerosis affects...

Neuroscience

·December 22, 2011·4 min read

Do You See What I See?

Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects An essential question confronting neuroscientists and computer vision researchers alike is...

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·November 29, 2011·2 min read

Look at That! Ravens Use Gestures, Too

Ravens gesture with their beaks to point out objects to each other Pointing and holding up objects in order to...

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·November 11, 2011·3 min read

Attention and Awareness Uncoupled

Brain imaging experiments uncouple two apparently intimately connected mental processes In everyday life, attention and awareness appear tightly interwoven. Attending...