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·July 19, 2012·6 min read

Scientists Read Monkeys’ Inner Thoughts

By decoding brain activity, scientists were able to 'see' that 2 monkeys were planning to approach the same reaching task differently - even before they moved a muscle.

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·March 25, 2014·4 min read

EEG Study Suggests Brain Infers Structure and Rules of Tasks

EEG recordings help predict how people apply context and rules to learning new tasks.

This illustration shows half on a brain with dots to represent a network in place of the other half.

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·February 26, 2015·5 min read

Left or Right? The Brain Knows Before You Move

A new study reports researchers have identified a neural circuit which connects motor planning to movement.

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·November 10, 2015·5 min read

It’s All In The Tone

A new study reports on neural communication pathways for prosody.

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·December 1, 2015·4 min read

Singing in the Brain: Uncovering the Neural Patterns Birds Use to Learn Songs

Researchers have identified neural patters that support the process for learning songs in zebra finches.

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·December 17, 2015·4 min read

Bah Humbug: Christmas Spirit Located in the Brain

Researchers use neuroimaging techniques to find 'Christmas spirit' in the brain.

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·May 18, 2016·3 min read

How Your Brain Learns to Ride the Subway

Researchers investigate how the human brain implements hierarchical structures in order to design more clever algorithms for machine learning.

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·August 8, 2016·4 min read

Researchers Find Brain’s “Physics Engine”

Researchers report the brain's 'physic engine' helps predict how the world behaves.

Image shows the motor cortex in the human brain.

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·September 19, 2016·3 min read

Response to Anxiety Linked to Movement Control Areas in Brain

According to researchers, anxiety response is not only seen in areas associated with emotion, but also in brain areas associated with movement.

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·June 8, 2017·5 min read

Brain Imaging Reveals Neural Roots of Caring

Researchers use neuroimaging to identify brain patters associated with feelings of empathy that are predictable and consistent across individuals.

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·June 26, 2017·1 min read

The Brain’s Fight and Flight Response to Social Threat

In a study exploring the neural correlates of the fight or flight response, people who choose to flee perceive a greater threat, leading them to behaviorally and mentally disengage from a situation, researchers report.