To accurately perceive another person, your neural representation of that person has to match the pattern in the persons' brain when they think about themselves. Read More
The human brain acts like an indexing system to help compose the meaning of abstract concepts. Read More
Entropy during consciousness is higher than during unconscious states. Read More
Combining neuroimaging and a constructed virtual reality town, researchers found the brain uses three different systems to perceive environment. One system allows us to recognize a place, another helps navigate through that location, and the third helps navigate from one place to another. The parahippocampal place area (PPA) helps encode location recognition, while the retrosplenial complex allows for mentally mapping the locations of specific places. Read More
Criticality in the brain was linked to inhibitory neurons imposing and organizing the computational dynamics. Read More
Propranolol, a common 'beta-blocker' drug used to control blood pressure, could be a promising new treatment for those on the autism spectrum. The medication improved cognitive performance and positively altered the frontal-parietal control network, an area of the brain associated with word and information processing, in those with ASD. Read More
Noradrenaline is essential for astrocytes to respond to local stimulation. Read More
The left and right hemispheres of the brain are characterized by different word processing strategies. Read More
Increased activity of the ventromedial geniculate body indicates the processing of auditory information begins before the auditory pathways reach the cerebral cortex. Read More
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
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
Researchers look at how neuroscience can help with artificial intelligence technology and vice versa. Read More
