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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience often involves research from numerous science genres including brain science, psychology, neurology, computer science, artificial intelligence, big data, statistics, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, linguistics, electrophysiology, biology, anatomy and neurobiology.

These are stills from the experiment. One shows mice on a green floor, the other shows them on a spotted patterned floor.

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·March 23, 2014·2 min read

Sensing Subtle Differences in the Environment

The CA2 region of the hippocampus helps mice sense the difference between existing memories and new experiences, a new study reports.

This shows two images of a woman with real and faked pain expressions.

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·March 20, 2014·2 min read

Computers See Through Faked Expressions of Pain Better Than People

A new study reports a computer system is better able to spot real or faked pain expressions than humans.

This shows two fruit flies in the octagonal chamber.

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·March 20, 2014·8 min read

What Singing Fruit Flies Can Tell Us About Quick Decisions

Male fruit flies adapt the tempo and pitch of their mating song based upon the movement and behavior of their desired mate, a new study reports.

The image shows the vials of odors used in the experiment.

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·March 20, 2014·4 min read

Sniff Study Suggests Humans Can Distinguish More than 1 Trillion Scents

Researchers tested people's abilities to distinguish between complex mixtures of scents. Based on the results, the researchers calculated humans can detected more than 1 trillion odor mixtures.

This is a rat's olfactory bulb.

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·March 19, 2014·2 min read

Rats’ Brains May Remember Odor Experienced While Under General Anesthesia

A new study reports rats brains could remember odors experienced while the animal was under general anesthetic.

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·March 19, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Show How Lost Sleep Leads to Lost Neurons

Extended periods of wakefulness can lead to neuronal injury, researchers report.

This diagram shows how neurons form in the brain.

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·March 18, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Survey Protein Family That Helps the Brain Form Synapses

Researchers describe the diversity of neurexin proteins which are essential in the creation of synapses.

This image shows a fragmented human face.

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·March 18, 2014·4 min read

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Suppressing unwanted memories disrupts traces of them in sensory processing areas and influences behavior, a new study reports.

This shows a salt and sugar shaker.

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·March 17, 2014·4 min read

Children’s Preferences for Sweeter and Saltier Tastes Are Linked to Each Other

Children who prefer high levels of sweet tastes also prefer saltier tastes, researchers report.

This is a painting of men yawning.

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·March 14, 2014·3 min read

Contagious Yawning May Not Be Linked to Empathy

A new study reports contagious yawning may decrease with age and is not strongly related to tiredness or empathy.

This image of the brain has the visual system outlined in red.

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·March 13, 2014·4 min read

Study Reveals that Movement Kicks Visual System into Higher Gear

A new study suggests a specialized neural network causes the visual system neurons to fire more strongly during locomotion.

Image showing dorsal stream (green) and ventral stream (purple) in the human brain visual system.

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·March 13, 2014·3 min read

Human Brain Hard Wired to Link What We See with What We Do

Researchers find evidence of a specialized mechanism for spatial self-awareness that combines visual cues with body motion.

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