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IBM’s Watson to Join Research Team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 30, 2013

Rensselaer becomes the first university of receive a version of IBM's Watson system. Rensselaer hopes to find new uses for Watson and develop its cognitive capabilities, as well as using the system for Big Data research.... Read More...

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Loneliness? It’s All a State of Mind

Neuroscience NewsOctober 25, 2012

Researchers from UCL have found that lonely people have less grey matter in a part of the brain associated with decoding eye gaze and other social cues.... Read More...

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Like a Noisy Political Campaign, “Grassroots” Neurons Wire and Fire Together for Dominance in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 24, 2012

Researchers found that neurons team up together to sway particular outcomes in the brain and take over the nervous system in the name of their preferred action or behavior.... Read More...

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Researchers Explore How the Brain Perceives Direction and Location

Neuroscience NewsOctober 19, 2012

The Who asked “who are you?” but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube “where are you?” and “where are you going?” Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. He is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one’s location and direction.... Read More...

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Language is Shaped by Brain’s Desire for Clarity and Ease

Neuroscience NewsOctober 15, 2012

Using an artificial language in a carefully controlled laboratory experiment, researchers found that many changes to language are simply the brain's way of ensuring that communication is as precise and concise as possible.... Read More...

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Neuroscientists Launch 5 Year Study of Music Education and Child Brain Development

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2012

Researchers at USC Brain and Creativity Institute will explore the effects of intense music training on cognitive development in LA Phil's YOLA at HOLA program. The five-year research project will offer researchers an opportunity to provide new insights and add data about the role of early music engagement in learning and brain function.... Read More...

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What Number is Halfway Between 1 and 9? Is it 5 or 3?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 5, 2012

A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system. Ask adults from the industrialized world what number is halfway between 1 and 9, and most will say 5. But pose the same question to small children, or people living in some traditional societies, and they're likely to answer 3.... Read More...

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Sum of the Parts? How Our Brains See Men as People and Women as Body Parts

Neuroscience NewsJuly 25, 2012

Study finds that both genders process images of men, women differently.... Read More...

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Do Dolphins Think Nonlinearly?

Neuroscience NewsJuly 18, 2012

Dolphins blow bubble nets around schools of fish to help in hunting. Researchers may use the dolphin tactics to help make man-made sonar to detect targets such as mines in bubbly water.... Read More...

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The Illusion of Courage: New Research Explains Why People Mispredict Their Behavior in Embarrassing Situation

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 17, 2012

Whether it's investing in stocks, bungee jumping or public speaking, why do we often plan to take risks but then "chicken out" when the moment of truth arrives?... Read More...

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A First: Brain Support Cells from Umbilical Cord Stem Cells

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 17, 2012

For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for s... Read More...

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Brain Function – A New Way to Measure the Burden of Aging Across Nations

Neuroscience NewsDecember 19, 2011

Cognitive function may be a better indicator of the impact of aging on an economy than age-distribution, with chronological age imposing less of a social and ec... Read More...

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