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·August 5, 2019·3 min read

Machine learning classifies word type based on brain activity

A new machine learning algorithm can accurately determine whether a person heard a real or made-up word based on neuroimaging data.

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·July 8, 2019·6 min read

How can you tell if another person, animal or thing is conscious? Try these 3 tests

From artificial intelligence to animals and people in comas, researchers evaluate different methods to test the presence of consciousness.

This shows a robotic hand playing the ball under the cup game

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·July 8, 2019·3 min read

Human brains reorganize experiences while resting to find new solutions

Human replay spontaneously reorganizes experience based on learned structure.

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·June 5, 2019·5 min read

The scientific case for brain simulations

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

This is a brain scan of someone with PPA

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·May 13, 2019·4 min read

Detecting dementia’s damaging effects before it’s too late

Using MEG neuroimaging, researchers identify abnormalities in functional activity in brain regions which look structurally normal on conventional MRI scans. The findings could help with early detection of primary progressive aphasia.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·May 13, 2019·5 min read

Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified

MEG neuroimaging implicates the occipital place area (OPA) in our ability to rapidly sense our surroundings. The findings may advance improving machine learning and robotics technology aimed at mimicking visual processes in the human brain.

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·May 10, 2019·6 min read

VA-led study of combat personnel with brain injuries pinpoints abnormal brain waves

Neuroimaging study reveals veterans who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) have higher levels of fast, high-frequency gamma waves in the prefrontal and posterior parietal lobes, areas of the brain associated with consciousness, attention and problem-solving.

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·April 12, 2019·5 min read

Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

Taking a short rest following a learning activity to help strengthen memory consolidation.

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·February 7, 2019·3 min read

How the Brain Prepares For Action

Researchers have identified the neural processes that occur milliseconds before we execute a series of skilled movements.

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·December 17, 2018·3 min read

Measuring Speed of Mental Replay of Movies Gives Insight into Accessing Memories

Study reports people access fully detailed memories at different speeds and levels of detail, often accessing older information first. Findings could help developing treatments for those with PTSD, researchers say.

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·November 29, 2018·5 min read

How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains

A new study reveals how the brain processes sound and how quickly neurons transition from processing the sound of speech to the language based words.

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·October 14, 2018·4 min read

How the Brain’s Grid System Maps Mental Spaces

An international team of researchers have been able to demonstrate, with electrophysiological evidence, the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain.

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Machine learning classifies word type based on brain activity

How can you tell if another person, animal or thing is conscious? Try these 3 tests

Human brains reorganize experiences while resting to find new solutions

The scientific case for brain simulations

Detecting dementia’s damaging effects before it’s too late

Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified

VA-led study of combat personnel with brain injuries pinpoints abnormal brain waves

Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks

How the Brain Prepares For Action

Measuring Speed of Mental Replay of Movies Gives Insight into Accessing Memories

How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains

How the Brain’s Grid System Maps Mental Spaces

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

Brain Prioritizes “Sound Offsets” During Hearing Repair

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

Why Your Brain “Dreams” Even When You’re Awake

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