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
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·July 13, 2011·3 min readCracking the Code of the Mind – Neurons Connected to Computers to Decipher Neuronal Circuits’ CodesTAU team connects neurons to computers to decipher the enigmatic code of neuronal circuits Machine logic is based on human...Read More
Brain CancerGeneticsNeurology·July 6, 2011·2 min readWhat Causes Brain Cancer? Understanding GlioblastomaUnderstanding glioblastoma at the genetic, molecular level Glioblastoma is the most common and most lethal form of brain tumor in...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroethicsNeuroscience·June 30, 2011·3 min readScientists Use ‘Optogenetics’ to Control Reward-Seeking BehaviorThe findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, represent...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
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 28, 2011·3 min readEat Today, Pay Tomorrow: Lean Women Think AheadStudy reveals possible gender-specific influence of overeating on the brain. Being overweight is accompanied by changes in brain structure and...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 27, 2011·2 min readNeuroscientists Find Famous Optical Illusion Surprisingly PotentScientists have come up with new insight into the brain processes that cause the optical illusion below The yellow jacket...Read More
Neurology·June 24, 2011·2 min readLithium Profoundly Prevents Brain Damage Associated with Parkinson’s DiseaseBuck Institute research in mice moves into preclinical stage; working toward human trials Lithium profoundly prevents the aggregation of toxic...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 22, 2011·3 min readDeconstructing Vision: Motion, Critical Windows and Curing Blindness in IndiaWhat if blind eyes could see? What does that mean? That’s the question neuroscientist Pawan Sinha and his team at...Read More
Neuroscience·June 21, 2011·3 min readUC Riverside Neuroscientists’ Discovery Could Bring Relief to Epilepsy SufferersMaxim Bazhenov and Giri Krishnan used computational model to study epileptic seizures at the molecular level; research could lead to...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 20, 2011·2 min readBrain Pathway Links Nicotine and Weight LossSmokers often gain weight when they quit. A new study in mice may help explain why. Scientists have pinpointed a...Read More
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