Latest

computational neuroscience

Image shows synapses in a computer reconstruction of a hippocampus.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 20, 2016·7 min read

Capacity For Memory is Ten Times Greater Than Previously Thought

A groundbreaking study reports memory capacity in the brain is far higher than previously believed.

Image shows the differences between a mouse and human hippocampus.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Videos Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 19, 2016·6 min read

Human and Animal Research Gap Bridged by Memory Test for Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer's disease research has been enhanced by researchers who have developed a comparable test of memory and learning for humans from a commonly used mouse experiment.

Image shows location of right superior temporal gyrus in the human brain.

Featured

·January 11, 2016·6 min read

Meeting of Minds: Will Computers Ever Truly Understand What We’re Saying?

A new study reports our current computer systems will never truly understand what we're saying because they are unable to take into account the context of a conversation.

Image shows how cells fall into either the neuron or non-neuron categories.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Videos

·January 4, 2016·4 min read

Understanding The Brain’s Building Blocks With Genetics

Researchers have created a detailed taxonomy of cells in the mouse visual cortex based on single-cell gene expression.

Photo of a woman in a EEG cap looking at a computer monitor.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 4, 2016·3 min read

Do We Have Free Will? The Brain-Computer Duel

Researchers explore whether people are able to stop planned movements once the readiness potential for a movement has been triggered.

Featured

·December 31, 2015·3 min read

Human-Machine Superintelligence Can Solve the World’s Most Dire Problems

A combination of computer and human intelligence may be what we need to help solve the world's most pressing problems, from climate change to geopolitical conflict, a new study reports.

Image shows synapses in the somatosensotry cortex.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 29, 2015·5 min read

A New Method for Analyzing Synaptic Density

Researchers have developed a machine learning tool that could help further understanding of synaptic activity in learning and neurodevelopment.

Image shows two brains and a cartoon eye ball.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 24, 2015·6 min read

Machines That Learn Like Humans

Researchers report AI could learn to recognize objects in from just a few examples and may better model human cognition.

Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 21, 2015·4 min read

Understanding Social Impairments in Autism

Researchers explain social impairments in autism using computational models.

Image shows a human hand and a robotic hand drawing symbols.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 11, 2015·5 min read

Computer System Passes Visual Turing Test

Researchers have developed a computer system with the ability to produce a variation of characters in an unfamiliar writing system. The symbols are indistinguishable from those created by humans.