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·October 10, 2016·7 min read

Brain Modulyzer Provides Interactive Window into the Brain

A new tool is allowing researchers to interactively explore the hierarchical processes that happen in the brain when it is resting or performing tasks.

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·September 20, 2016·3 min read

How the Brain Separates Relevant and Irrelevant Information

Researchers have developed a new theory that outlines how the brain separates relevant from irrelevant information.

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·August 15, 2016·6 min read

This Is Your Brain On Sentences

Researchers have been able to successfully decode and predict the brain activity patters of word meanings within a sentence.

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·August 4, 2016·4 min read

Timing is Everything When it Comes to Recognizing Shapes

A new study reports vision relies on patterns of brain activity.

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·August 4, 2016·7 min read

Schizophrenia Simulator: When Chemistry Upends Sanity’s Balance

Researchers have developed a model of schizophrenia that simulates chemical imbalances associated with memory disturbances.

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·July 8, 2016·5 min read

Cracking the Brain’s Code

Researchers report they have successfully linked a rabbit retina to a chip in vitro.

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·June 13, 2016·4 min read

An Active Role for Dendrites in Cortical Processing

Researchers were able to predict the orientation preference of individual neurons by adding up the responses of their dendritic spines, a new study reports.