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Featured Neuroscience

·May 30, 2014·2 min read

How Brains Remember and Correct

Researchers detect brief bursts of neural activity oscillating in two specific areas of a mouse brain just before the animal makes a correct choice, either when planning an action or correcting a mistake.

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·January 7, 2019·5 min read

How the Brain Decides Whether to Hold ’em or Fold ’em

Researchers shed light on the neural mechanisms behind risk taking behaviors. The study reveals the decision to 'up the ante', even when faced with long odds, is a result of an internal bias that adds up over time and involves a 'push pull' dynamic between the two hemispheres of the brain.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·4 min read

Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

Using optogenetics, researchers endow mice with greater touch sensitivity.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 24, 2017·4 min read

The Rhythm of Memory

A new Nature Communications study sheds light on how the brain processes information relevant to memory.

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·November 18, 2018·6 min read

Could Consciousness Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?

A new paper proposes resonance may contribute to human consciousness.

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