FeaturedNeuroscience·August 31, 2011·7 min readWord Association: Princeton Study Matches Brain Scans with Complex ThoughtIn an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as...Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurosciencePsychology·August 5, 2011·2 min readProject to Use Prison Research in Studying Neural Basis of PsychopathyA leading University of Chicago researcher on empathy is launching a project to understand psychopathy by studying criminals in prisons....Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 15, 2011·4 min readThe Neuroscience of Creepy Robots – The Uncanny Valley PhenomenonYour Brain on Androids Ever get the heebie-jeebies at a wax museum? Feel uneasy with an anthropomorphic robot? What about...Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 29, 2011·2 min readResearchers Can Predict Future Actions from Human Brain ActivityBrain research predicts premeditated actions Bringing the real world into the brain scanner, researchers at The University of Western Ontario...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 13, 2011·4 min readBrain Scan Identifies Patterns of Plaques and Tangles in Adults with Down SyndromeIn one of the first studies of its kind, UCLA researchers used a unique brain scan to assess the levels...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 8, 2011·5 min readFirst Images of Rod Photoreceptors in the Living Human EyeAdaptive optics technology likely to spur sight-saving interventions, usher in new era of eye disease research, diagnosis and treatment Scientists...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·June 2, 2011·3 min readResearchers Map, Measure Brain’s Neural ConnectionsComputer scientists at Brown University have created software to examine neural circuitry in the human brain. The 2-D neural maps...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 18, 2011·3 min readNeutrons Provide First Sub-nanoscale Snapshots of Huntington’s Disease ProteinEnergy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee have for the first time successfully characterized the earliest structural...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 14, 2011·5 min readRatCAP Allows Portable PET Brain Imaging, More Movement and Less AnesthesiaA wearable positron emission tomography (PET) scanner that rats can wear on their heads has been developed and tested effectively.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 9, 2011·4 min readNeural Network Model of 10 Neuron Visual Processing Circuit CreatedNeurobiology research combining laser scanning and electron microscopy, novel neuroimaging techniques and neural network modeling is providing new insight into how real neural circuits may behave.Read More