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3D model shows how ‘face identity information’ is stored in the brain

Neuroscience NewsJune 18, 2019

The 'Generative Model of 3D Face Identity' is able to reconstruct facial models using information stored in a person's brain when recalling the familiar face of another person.... Read More...

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The scientific case for brain simulations

Neuroscience NewsJune 5, 2019

Researchers report a need for open, general purpose simulation engines that can run different models of the brain at different levels of biological detail.... Read More...

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Hands that see, eyes that feel? Brain study reveals the mathematics of identifying objects

Neuroscience NewsMay 29, 2019

Our brains need only perform a few fast statistical calculations to detect the key properties of an unknown object. Findings challenge existing views of how our brains extract and learn about our environment.... Read More...

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The math behind the music

Neuroscience NewsMay 23, 2019

Using a statistical mechanics framework, researchers gain insight into why basic ordered patterns emerge in music and uncover emergent structures of musical harmony. ... Read More...

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Mathematical framework explores how the brain keeps a beat

Neuroscience NewsMay 10, 2019

A new mathematical model can predict how the brain reacts when learning a rhythmic beat. The model shows how a neural network can act as a 'neural metronome' by estimating time intervals between beats within tens of milliseconds. The metronome relies on gamma oscillations to keep track of time.... Read More...

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How music and movement can help kids understand math

Neuroscience NewsMay 9, 2019

Music, movement and arts can help improve mathematical skills for children who find working with numbers difficult.... Read More...

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“Number sense” arises from the recognition of visible objects

Neuroscience NewsMay 9, 2019

Results from a new artificial intelligence study indicate number sense is spontaneously created by the visual system, without prior experience of counting.... Read More...

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Creativity is not just for the young

Neuroscience NewsApril 26, 2019

Conceptual Nobel laureates reach their peak during their mid-twenties, while experimentally innovative laureates peak in their mid-50s.... Read More...

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The brain’s imperfect execution of mathematically optimal perception

Neuroscience NewsApril 18, 2019

Perception is founded on Bayesian principles, even though the brain's execution of strategies appears to be imperfect. Researchers say the view perception is an imperfect Bayesian inference can provide a middle ground between traditional and anti-Bayesian models.... Read More...

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Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem

Neuroscience NewsMarch 21, 2019

A mathematical algorithm developed by the Blue Brain Project can objectively classify different shapes of neurons in the brain. The algorithm has already helped researchers objectively identify 17 types of pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory cortex of a rat.... Read More...

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