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Human Brain Recalls Visual Features in Reverse Order Than it Detects Them

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2017

A new study upends traditional models of how the brain constructs interpretations of the outside world, revealing that the brain uses a reverse order of processing to recall visual information.... Read More...

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Body’s Own Defense Against ALS Actually Drives Disease Progression at Later Stages

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 11, 2017

In early stages of ALS, autophagy helps to suppress disease progression, but accelerates the spread as the disease enters into later stages, researchers report.... Read More...

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Schizophrenia and Memory Deficits: Biological Origins of Core Schizophrenia Symptoms Discovered

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2017

A lack of adaptability in hippocampal place cells could be key to memory deficits in schizophrenia, researchers report. ... Read More...

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In Witnessing the Brain’s ‘Aha!’ Moment, Scientists Shed Light on Biology of Consciousness

Neuroscience NewsJuly 27, 2017

Researchers report becoming consciously aware of a decision conforms to the same mechanism the brain goes through to complete a simple decision. ... Read More...

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Patterns of Brain Activity Direct Specific Body Movements

Neuroscience NewsJuly 20, 2017

A new study sheds light on how neurons in the motor cortex communicate with muscles and drive motion. Using optogenetics, the researchers discovered the motor cortex communicates with muscles differently, depending on the type of movement an animal makes.... Read More...

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Neurons’ Faulty Wiring Leads to Serotonin Imbalance and Depressive Behaviors: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsApril 27, 2017

Researchers have identified a gene that allows serotonin neurons to spread their branches throughout the brain. Mice lacking this gene showed entangled neuron branches and signs of depression. ... Read More...

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News

Trained musicians perform better at paying attention

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Neuroscience

Trained musicians perform better at paying attention

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Neurology

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

AI

Brain-inspired AI inspires insights about the brain (and vice versa)

AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Robotics

The robots that dementia caregivers want: Robots for joy, robots for sorrow

Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Psychology

Trained musicians perform better at paying attention

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

Zuckerman Institute

Human Brain Recalls Visual Features in Reverse Order Than it Detects Them

Body’s Own Defense Against ALS Actually Drives Disease Progression at Later Stages

Schizophrenia and Memory Deficits: Biological Origins of Core Schizophrenia Symptoms Discovered

In Witnessing the Brain’s ‘Aha!’ Moment, Scientists Shed Light on Biology of Consciousness

Patterns of Brain Activity Direct Specific Body Movements

Neurons’ Faulty Wiring Leads to Serotonin Imbalance and Depressive Behaviors: Mouse Study