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·August 12, 2017·4 min read

Chimpanzees Learn Rock-Paper-Scissors

Study reveals chimpanzees are able to learn the circular relationship between hand patterns in the game 'rock-paper-scissors' as well as a four year old child.

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·August 12, 2017·5 min read

Sleep Biology Discovery Could Lead to New Insomnia Treatments That Don’t Target the Brain

According to researchers, increasing levels of Bmal1 in the skeletal muscles of mice makes the animals resistant to insomnia and sleep deprivation. The findings could provide a new treatment target for sleep disorders.

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·August 11, 2017·6 min read

Novel Stem Cell-Derived Model Created of Inflammatory Neurological Disorder

UCSD researchers have successfully created a human stem cell based model of AGS, a rare, inherited autoimmune disorder.

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·August 11, 2017·2 min read

Does Widespread Pain Spread From the Brain?

Neuroimaging study reveals people who report widespread pain have increased gray matter and functional connectivity in sensory and motor areas of the brain.

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·August 11, 2017·5 min read

New Diagnostic Kit for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Newborns

Researchers from Cardiff University are working in conjunction with biotech company PerkinElmer, to develop a new diagnostic kit of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The kit will be able to screen for DMD by analyzing dried neonatal blood spots.

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·August 11, 2017·5 min read

Deep Sleep Reinforces the Learning of New Motor Skills

According to UCSF researchers, during non-REM sleep, newly learned useful neural patterns are replayed and recapped.

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·August 11, 2017·4 min read

Imagining an Action-Consequence Relationship Can Boost Memory

Researchers reveal a helpful strategy to help those with cognitive problems to improve their memory.

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·August 11, 2017·3 min read

What Happens When People Hear Voices Others Don’t?

Computational modeling and neuroimaging could help differentiate people with psychosis from those who experience auditory hallucinations without the disorder.

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·August 10, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Recognizes Familiar Faces

Researchers discover two new areas of the brain involved in facial processing.

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·August 10, 2017·3 min read

Why Do Some People Stay Sharp As They Age?

Researchers are embarking on a new study to answer how some people are able to stay sharper than others as they age.

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·August 10, 2017·5 min read

First Mutant Ants Shed Light on Evolution of Social Behavior

Modifying genes essential for sensing pheromones in ants resulted in the insects' displaying deficiencies in social behaviors and reduced ability to survive within a colony.

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·August 10, 2017·5 min read

A New Way to Map Differences in the Brain

A new Science study details DNA methylation in individual neurons, providing a new avenue for brain mapping studies. The researchers also identified a new subtype of neurons.