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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Neuroscience research often involves research from fields such as brain science, chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, artificial intelligence, robotics, neurology, medicine, philosophy, physics, and psychology.

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·November 16, 2017·2 min read

New Dye Gives Researchers Clearer Insight Into the Brain

Researchers have developed a new dye that can be used to observe the activity of neurons in the brain.

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·November 15, 2017·5 min read

Improving Clinical Trials With Machine Learning

Advances in machine learning could allow researchers to detect drug effects that may be missed through conventional statistical analysis, researchers report.

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·November 10, 2017·4 min read

Progress in Building Europe’s New Platform For Understanding the Brain

Neuroscientists recently converged on Glasgow to discuss advances in the quest toward building a unified platform for brain research.

Image shows a single image of a human brain using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. A bright blue color where brain cancer metastasizes in the occipital lobe.

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·October 12, 2017·7 min read

Brain Imaging Results Skewed by Biased Study Samples

Researchers say failure to follow principles of population science can skew results of brain imaging studies.

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·September 21, 2017·3 min read

Virtual Brain Lab Brings Together World-Leading Neuroscientists

A new joint initiative, dubbed the International Brain Lab, will bring together researchers from around the world to investigate the neural mechanisms of learning and decision making.

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·July 21, 2017·5 min read

Study Reveals Most Impactful Neuroscience Research

A new paper identifies 100 of the most cited neuroscience research papers. Of these papers, 78 focus on five topics. According to the authors of the paper, the most cited neuroscience research topics include the prefrontal cortex, neural connectivity, methodology, brain mapping and neurological disorders. The findings could have significant impact for future neuroscience studies.

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·June 8, 2017·5 min read

Simple Tasks Don’t Test Brain’s True Complexity

The brain's ability to use approximate probabilistic inference can not be studied by simple tasks that are not well suited to expose the inferential computations that make the brain special, researchers say.

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·May 4, 2017·3 min read

Study on Microplastic Particles to Be Retracted

A study into the consumption of microplastics by larval fish has been retracted from the journal Science following reports of misconduct in the research.