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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·February 27, 2013·4 min read

          Songbirds’ Brains Coordinate Singing with Intricate Timing

          Researchers discovered that as a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make the next sound while others are synchronized with the coordination of physical actions.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·July 28, 2015·6 min read

          Get a Grip! Researchers Grasp How We Hold Objects

          Researchers report the most important factor of grip force isn't what you can estimate about the object, but rather what you can't
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·April 11, 2016·3 min read

          Social Thinking in the Infant Brain

          Study links neural responses from the motor system to overt social behaviors in infants.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·May 23, 2016·4 min read

          Why We Can’t Tickle Ourselves

          A researcher investigates why we find it impossible to tickle ourselves.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 13, 2016·2 min read

          Neurons Paralyze Us During REM Sleep

          Researchers have identified a population of neurons that appear to be responsible for muscle paralysis during REM sleep.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 13, 2017·4 min read

          How Reading Makes Us Move

          A new study reveals the role the motor system plays in the perception of language.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·February 14, 2018·6 min read

          Surprise Stimulus Helps People Stop an Action

          Unexpected sounds make people stop an action more often than when they hear no sounds at all. A new study offers an insight into how sensory cues would speed up the brain's communication with the motor system.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 1, 2018·4 min read

          Bigger Human Brain Prioritizes Thinking Hub, But at a Cost

          A new study reports the larger the growth of areas associated with thinking in the cortex, the slower the growth of regions associated with emotional, sensory and motor skills.
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          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·February 3, 2021·4 min read

          Neurons Responsible for Rapidly Stopping Behaviors and Actions Revealed

          A set of neurons in the subthalamic nucleus have been implicated in canceling planned behaviors or actions.
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          FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology
          ·April 24, 2021·5 min read

          What Parkinson’s Disease Patients Reveal About How Art Is Experienced and Valued

          Impaired motor function, such as that experienced by Parkinson's patients, appears to influence the perception of art, researchers report.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 11, 2021·4 min read

          How the Brain’s Motor System Can Support Vocabulary Learning

          A transcranial magnetic stimulation study revealed the motor cortex may play a role in translating foreign language words into one's native tongue.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·April 19, 2022·4 min read

          Exploring the Surprising Role of Motor System Neurons

          Motor system neurons not only control movement, they also incite action.
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          Visual Recognition Memory: Familiarity Decoded by Brief Spikes

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