The Mind of a Medalist: How the Brain Can Lead to Olympic Gold
JHU researchers investigated the mindsets of Olympians. The brain activity of medal contenders reveals who will choke under pressure, and who will keep their cool.... Read More...
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Electron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly Brain
Microscopy technology allows researchers to discover new connections in brain areas associated with memory and learning in fruit flies.... Read More...
Magic Helps Unlock How the Brain Works
Researchers have developed a new version of the classic Mirror Box Illusion to help better understand how the brain processes multiple sensory inputs to perceive our bodies and environment.... Read More...
With Eyes or Nose? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions
Smell influences how children evaluate strange faces, a new study reports.... Read More...
Small Brain – Astounding Performance
A new study reports the elephantnose fish utilizes both its eyes and electrolocation to explore objects in its environment.... Read More...
Impaired Decision Making May Contribute to Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s
Researchers report some with Parkinson's disease could have a form of impaired decision making that may contribute to the movement problems associated with the disease.... Read More...
Live Imaging Technique Captures Brain Wide View of Neural Activity
A new technique allows researchers to look into the brains of living mice and witness the processing of sensory information in real time.... Read More...
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How the Brain Multitasks
A new study hones in on the TRN as an area of the brain that could be responsible for multitasking.... Read More...
Can Your Sense of Smell Predict When You’ll Die?
Researchers were able to predict which worms would outlive each other by measuring how they move towards an appealing odor.... Read More...
Sniffing You Out: Mosquitoes Use a Range of Cues to Find Their Human Victims
According to a new study, mosquitoes use visual, thermal and olfactory cues to seek out humans, making them almost impossible to avoid. ... Read More...
NRI Grant Will Provide Surgical Robots With a New Level of Machine Intelligence
The NRI is providing researchers with a $3.6 million grant to help develop a new kind of machine intelligence for surgical robotics.... Read More...