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·December 21, 2011·5 min read

UCLA Neuroscientists Demonstrate Crucial Advances in Brain Reading

Innovative machine learning method anticipates neurocognitive changes, similar to predictive text-entry for cell phones, internet search engines At UCLA’s Laboratory...

The image shows the neural activity over time in the zebrafish.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 12, 2013·2 min read

Visualizing A Memory Trace

Whole brain neuroimaging study reveals the neural networks involved in retrieving long-term memories during decision making.

The numbers 1 through 9 are shown over a brain with two question marks over 3 and 5.

Featured Psychology

·October 5, 2012·4 min read

What Number is Halfway Between 1 and 9? Is it 5 or 3?

A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system. Ask adults from the industrialized world what number is halfway between 1 and 9, and most will say 5. But pose the same question to small children, or people living in some traditional societies, and they're likely to answer 3.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 6, 2012·4 min read

When Anxiety Won’t Go Away

Scientists discovered a mechanism which stops the process of forgetting anxiety after a stress event. They showed that feelings of anxiety don’t subside if too little dynorphin is released into the brain. The results can help open up new paths in the treatment of trauma patients.

Neuroscience

·February 6, 2012·2 min read

Working Memory and the Brain

Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds. Researchers have long known that specific...

Featured Neurology

·December 10, 2010·5 min read

World’s First Basic Research Institute for Childhood Neurological Diseases Opens

The world's first basic research institute for childhood neurological diseases opened in Houston, Texas and is part of the Texas Children's Hospital. Some of the research the new research insitute will focus on includes childhood neurological diseases such as autism, epilepsy, Rett syndrome, cerebral palsy, ataxias and Batten disease. More details about the new institute are provided in the press release below.

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memory research

UCLA Neuroscientists Demonstrate Crucial Advances in Brain Reading

Visualizing A Memory Trace

What Number is Halfway Between 1 and 9? Is it 5 or 3?

When Anxiety Won’t Go Away

Working Memory and the Brain

World’s First Basic Research Institute for Childhood Neurological Diseases Opens

Meditation Diminishes Bias Toward Negative Information

AI Can Predict Preterm Birth at 31 Weeks of Gestation

Middle Age Sexual Satisfaction: A Potential Early Sign of Cognitive Decline

Sleep Apnea’s Deep Impact on Gene Activity

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