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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 10, 2018·5 min readDecoding Mood from Human Brain SignalsResearchers have built a decoder which is able to translate neural signals into mood variations.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2017·6 min readA Snapshot of Neural ActivityA new neuron labeling technique allows researchers to obtain a snapshot of their activity at any moment in time. The new approach could provide new insights into neural functioning by offering better precision than current, more long term, labeling techniques.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 15, 2016·6 min readThis Is Your Brain On SentencesResearchers have been able to successfully decode and predict the brain activity patters of word meanings within a sentence.Read More
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