Neuroscience

Neuroscience research articles are provided.

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 23, 2013·3 min read

A Novel Look at How Stories May Change the Brain

Researchers detect lingering changes in resting-state connectivity in the brain which occur when someone reads a "life changing" novel.

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·December 20, 2013·2 min read

Musical Brain-Reading Sheds Light on Neural Processing of Music

Using fMRI neuroimaging, researchers pinpoint areas of the brain which are crucial for processing music.

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·December 20, 2013·4 min read

New Study Reveals Insight into How the Brain Processes Shape and Color

Researchers discover color and shape are represented independently. A new study reports on how the brain's inferior temporal cortex processes visual information.

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·December 20, 2013·4 min read

The Logistics of Learning

Two new studies provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms that underlie the learning process.

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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.