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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, biology, robotics and technology.

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·December 20, 2013·2 min read

Mapping Objects in the Brain

Researcher report a brain region which responds to a particular category of objects consists of a small cluster of neurons which encodes the visual features of these objects.

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·December 19, 2013·5 min read

Ancient Cranial Surgery

Ancient Peruvian healers practiced trepanation, a surgical procedure which involved removing a section of the cranial vault with a hand drill, over 1000 years ago in order to treat a variety of ailments, a new study reports.

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·December 19, 2013·3 min read

Brain Connections May Explain Why Girls Mature Faster

The process of neural connection re-organization begins earlier in girls. Researchers believe this may explain why they mature faster during teenage years.

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·December 17, 2013·2 min read

Research Team Finds Hope for Pharmacological Solution to Cocaine Addiction

Researchers suggest a method of biologically manipulating neural circuitry could lead to a new pharmacological approach which could weaken cocaine withdrawal.

This is the dentate gyrus.

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·December 16, 2013·3 min read

Synaptic Mechanisms of Brain Waves

Researchers explore synaptic mechanisms of rhythmic brain waves thanks to custom designed tools.

The image shows a woman smelling a flower.

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·December 13, 2013·3 min read

No Two People Smell the Same

Researchers explore the triggers for specific odor receptors and find no two people smell things the same way.

The image shows the researchers performing the operation to implant the device.

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·December 13, 2013·3 min read

Scientists Improve Human Self-Control Through Electrical Brain Stimulation

Researchers successfully demonstrate a technique to enhance self control through a new form of brain stimulation.

MRI showing the relative gray matter in the brain.

·December 12, 2013·2 min read

Brain Structure Shows Affinity With Numbers

Researchers show the individual differences in how we process numbers have a structural basis in the brain.

This image shows a light from optogentics.

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·December 12, 2013·5 min read

Optogenetics As Good As Electrical Stimulation

Researchers show optogenetics can be as good as, if not better than, using electrical stimulation in neuroscience research.

This image shows the skull used in the test.

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·December 11, 2013·2 min read

Study Raises Questions About Longstanding Forensic Identification Technique

Researchers have shown there is not enough variation in skull shapes to make a positive forensic identification.

The image shows a rat with the BMI attached and electrical recording output.

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·December 10, 2013·4 min read

Neural Prosthesis Restores Behavior After Brain Injury

Researchers restored behavior in a rat model of TBI using a neuroprosthetic device.

This is an illustration of a brain.

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·December 9, 2013·4 min read

Balancing Old and New Skills

A new computational model explains how the brain can learn new tasks while remembering what it has already learned.

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