New insights into how astrocytes help the brain process information
Noradrenaline is essential for astrocytes to respond to local stimulation.... Read More...
information processing
The brain processes words placed on the right side of a screen more quickly
The left and right hemispheres of the brain are characterized by different word processing strategies. ... Read More...
New findings on human speech recognition
Increased activity of the ventromedial geniculate body indicates the processing of auditory information begins before the auditory pathways reach the cerebral cortex.... Read More...
Autism can be measured through a non-verbal marker
A visual test may be a new tool in the diagnosis of autism. Individuals on the autism spectrum are slower to dampen neural activity in response to visual stimuli in the brain. Using EEG data collected from the visual region, researchers could predict with 87% accuracy whether or not a person had ASD.... Read More...
What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like
An individual's level of general knowledge is associated with structural brain network connectivity. Fluid intelligence is best predicted by cortex volume in males, and by functional network connectivity in females. ... Read More...
Neuroscience and artificial intelligence can help improve each other
Researchers look at how neuroscience can help with artificial intelligence technology and vice versa.... Read More...
The way a single neuron processes information is never the same
When a neuron receives information, dendrites functionally work together to adjust for the complexity of the input.... Read More...
Information addiction: How information is like snacks, money, and drugs to your brain
Obtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs. ... Read More...
Researchers identify hidden brain signals behind working memory
Artificially prolonging hippocampal sharp wave ripples improves working memory.... Read More...
Study identifies our ‘inner pickpocket’
People are able to form the correct mental model of puzzles from either visual or haptic experiences alone and are able to predict haptic properties from visual ones. Findings suggest humans segment scenes into objects without explicit boundary cues by using purely statistical information.... Read More...
Brain mapping: New technique reveals how information is processed
Combining infrared laser stimulation with ultra-high-field MRI, researchers revolutionize brain mapping.... Read More...
New research offers insight into the proteins in the brain that detect cannabis
The secretory pathway delivery of cannabinoid type 1 receptor is axonally based, and surface expressed CB1R is more stable in axons than dendrites.... Read More...