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An Artificial Arm Gives One Man The Chance To Feel Again
Many scientists have been trying to create neural implants that will let amputees regain a sense of touch and control. One version has let a Danish man feel the texture of things he's touching. But it's an experimental model that's not yet ready for use outside the laboratory.
Many scientists have been trying to create neural implants that will let amputees regain a sense of touch and control. One version has let a Danish man feel the texture of things he's touching. But it's an experimental model that's not yet ready for use outside the laboratory.
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Our Brains Rewrite Our Memories, Putting Present In The Past
Even people with good memories can have a hard time remembering the past accurately. That may be because the brain is constantly editing memories, updating them with current information. This may make good evolutionary sense. But it also means that some of your cherished memories may be wrong.
Even people with good memories can have a hard time remembering the past accurately. That may be because the brain is constantly editing memories, updating them with current information. This may make good evolutionary sense. But it also means that some of your cherished memories may be wrong.
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Brain zapping makes role of mirror neurons clearer
Damping down brain activity with a powerful magnetic field may reveal the workings of mirror neurons, thought to help us interpret what other people do
Damping down brain activity with a powerful magnetic field may reveal the workings of mirror neurons, thought to help us interpret what other people do
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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What Musicians Can Tell Us About Dyslexia and the Brain
Musicians with dyslexia are extremely uncommon. A new study, the first to look at this rare group, challenges some of the conventional thinking on the relationship between language and music.
Musicians with dyslexia are extremely uncommon. A new study, the first to look at this rare group, challenges some of the conventional thinking on the relationship between language and music.
Neuroscience
Source: Wired
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 05, 2014, 8:17am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 05, 2014, 8:17am
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Researchers Watch As Our Brains Turn Sounds Into Words
To understand speech, the brain has to quickly recognize the sounds used to form words. Now researchers have discovered a way to watch how the brain does this. They've found that the process of understanding speech involves highly specialized brain cells, which respond specifically to the dozen sounds produced by the human vocal tract.
To understand speech, the brain has to quickly recognize the sounds used to form words. Now researchers have discovered a way to watch how the brain does this. They've found that the process of understanding speech involves highly specialized brain cells, which respond specifically to the dozen sounds produced by the human vocal tract.
Scientists Digitize Psychology’s Most Famous Brain
Henry Gustav Molaison is one of the most famous patients in the annals of brain research. In 1953, an experimental surgery meant to relieve his severe epilepsy rendered him unable to form new memories. When he died in 2008, his ...
Henry Gustav Molaison is one of the most famous patients in the annals of brain research. In 1953, an experimental surgery meant to relieve his severe epilepsy rendered him unable to form new memories. When he died in 2008, his ...
Neuroscience
Source: Wired
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014, 10:15am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014, 10:15am
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An Aging Brain Is Still Pretty Smart
Past studies report that younger brains are better at remembering things. But new research lauds the power of the older brain.
Past studies report that younger brains are better at remembering things. But new research lauds the power of the older brain.
Neuroscience
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014, 7:46am
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Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014, 7:46am
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A Reading Teacher Who Lost The Ability To Read
After a reading specialist at a kindergarten outside Chicago had a series of small strokes, she could no longer read. She's using her skills to teach herself how to recognize words again, but those who suffer from alexia face a long road back to literacy.
After a reading specialist at a kindergarten outside Chicago had a series of small strokes, she could no longer read. She's using her skills to teach herself how to recognize words again, but those who suffer from alexia face a long road back to literacy.
Scratch a mirror image of your itch to bring relief
A simple mirror illusion allows you to soothe an itch without scratching the affected area
A simple mirror illusion allows you to soothe an itch without scratching the affected area
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 27, 2014, 8:20am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 27, 2014, 8:20am
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Neuroscience's most famous brain is reconstructed
Henry Molaison's brain changed our understanding of memory, now a 3D reconstruction of it is revealing new insights
Henry Molaison's brain changed our understanding of memory, now a 3D reconstruction of it is revealing new insights
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 27, 2014, 8:20am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 27, 2014, 8:20am
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A Growth Factor Heals The Damage To A Preemie's Brain — In Mice
Scientists have shown that damage to the brain's "white matter" is responsible for many of the developmental problems that very premature infants often face. Now researchers have also demonstrated that it's possible to prevent that sort of damage in mice.
Scientists have shown that damage to the brain's "white matter" is responsible for many of the developmental problems that very premature infants often face. Now researchers have also demonstrated that it's possible to prevent that sort of damage in mice.
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 23, 2014, 9:52am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 23, 2014, 9:52am
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Can reading make you smarter?
There is evidence that reading can increase levels of all three major categories of intelligence. I believe my discovery of Spider-Man and other comic books turned me into a straight-A student
There is evidence that reading can increase levels of all three major categories of intelligence. I believe my discovery of Spider-Man and other comic books turned me into a straight-A student
Neuroscience
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 23, 2014, 9:52am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 23, 2014, 9:52am
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Brain Games: Move Objects With Your Mind To Find Inner Calm?
"Hands free" is taking on a new meaning. Games hitting the market use EEGs so you can move a toy helicopter with your mind or play the brain like a musical instrument. It's the stuff of sci-fi movies, but potentially with an added health benefit.
"Hands free" is taking on a new meaning. Games hitting the market use EEGs so you can move a toy helicopter with your mind or play the brain like a musical instrument. It's the stuff of sci-fi movies, but potentially with an added health benefit.
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014, 9:22am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014, 9:22am
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Brain doping common in amateur sport
A study of 3,000 amateur athletes in Germany shows that the use of cognitive enhancement medicines is widespread in non-professional sport.
A study of 3,000 amateur athletes in Germany shows that the use of cognitive enhancement medicines is widespread in non-professional sport.
Neuroscience
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014, 10:04am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014, 10:04am
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Who's Got A Pregnant Brain?
Something happened to dolphins. Then it happened to humans. Both creatures had good-sized brains when, for reasons no one truly understands, dolphin brains suddenly got larger and larger, until — 15 million years ago — they stopped growing. Two million years ago it was our turn. Our brains went from the size of an orange to the size of a cantaloupe. Why the start? Why the stop? Who's next?
Something happened to dolphins. Then it happened to humans. Both creatures had good-sized brains when, for reasons no one truly understands, dolphin brains suddenly got larger and larger, until — 15 million years ago — they stopped growing. Two million years ago it was our turn. Our brains went from the size of an orange to the size of a cantaloupe. Why the start? Why the stop? Who's next?
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, 8:01am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, 8:01am
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Drink two espressos to enhance long-term memory
The first study to disentangle caffeine's ability to boost memory in people from its effect on attention also suggests the optimum dose
The first study to disentangle caffeine's ability to boost memory in people from its effect on attention also suggests the optimum dose
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 13, 2014, 9:13am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jan 13, 2014, 9:13am
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Learning drugs reawaken grown-up brain's inner child
A drug for perfect pitch is just the start: mastering new skills could become easy if we can restore the brain's youthful ability to create new circuits
A drug for perfect pitch is just the start: mastering new skills could become easy if we can restore the brain's youthful ability to create new circuits
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014, 12:23pm
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014, 12:23pm
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Eight reasons why you're only 0.0004% in control of your Christmas shopping
As you trawl the crowded shopping aisles in search of Christmas presents, your mind is playing tricks on you. And here they are
As you trawl the crowded shopping aisles in search of Christmas presents, your mind is playing tricks on you. And here they are
Neuroscience
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Dec 20, 2013, 10:42am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Dec 20, 2013, 10:42am
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Q&A: The 5 Big Questions in Brain Science
Rapid advances in brain science offer both benefits and challenges to bioethics, suggests one expert.
Rapid advances in brain science offer both benefits and challenges to bioethics, suggests one expert.
Neuroscience
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 19, 2013, 9:15am
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Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 19, 2013, 9:15am
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Test Yourself: What Does Your Brain See?
Researchers are trying to untangle what goes on as our brains process the visual world.
Researchers are trying to untangle what goes on as our brains process the visual world.
Neuroscience
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 11:56am
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Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 11:56am
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Mind-reading light helps you stay in the zone
A device that uses light to measure your level of concentration can tell when you're bored or overworked, and can tweak tasks to keep you focused
A device that uses light to measure your level of concentration can tell when you're bored or overworked, and can tweak tasks to keep you focused
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 11:56am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 11:56am
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What makes a smell good or bad?
Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Neuroscience
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 11:56am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 11:56am
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Novice Neurosurgeons Train On Brains Printed In 3-D
Universities and hospitals are training residents by having them practice on realistic replicas of actual patients' brains. The high-tech stand-ins allow the students to learn by making mistakes, something they're not able to do when real patients are involved.
Universities and hospitals are training residents by having them practice on realistic replicas of actual patients' brains. The high-tech stand-ins allow the students to learn by making mistakes, something they're not able to do when real patients are involved.
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013, 10:03am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013, 10:03am
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Does Body Language Shape Who You Are?
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how "power posing" can affect our brains, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how "power posing" can affect our brains, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.
So Much For The 'Mozart Effect'
Harvard graduate students testing preschoolers who got music training said they could not establish a link between the exposure and improved IQs.
Harvard graduate students testing preschoolers who got music training said they could not establish a link between the exposure and improved IQs.
Now is the time to defeat dementia | Meera Syal
My own family was affected by dementia. Let the G8 summit on the condition mark a turning point in tackling a global crisis
My own family was affected by dementia. Let the G8 summit on the condition mark a turning point in tackling a global crisis
Neuroscience
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013, 9:28am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013, 9:28am
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Does taking photographs ruin your memory?
A scientist wanted to find out whether photographing objects affects what's remembered about them. She found that the impact was huge but there might be more to it
A scientist wanted to find out whether photographing objects affects what's remembered about them. She found that the impact was huge but there might be more to it
Neuroscience
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 10, 2013, 10:28am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 10, 2013, 10:28am
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Identifying Signs of Chronic Brain Injury in Living Football Players
A new brain-imaging technology may reveal the true risk of repetitive head injury in contact sports.Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition linked to depression, dementia, and memory loss.
A new brain-imaging technology may reveal the true risk of repetitive head injury in contact sports.Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition linked to depression, dementia, and memory loss.
Neuroscience
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Friday, Dec 06, 2013, 7:57am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Friday, Dec 06, 2013, 7:57am
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Dyslexia's roots traced to bad brain connections
People with dyslexia struggle with reading and writing because one part of the brain that deals with sound doesn't "talk" to an area dealing with language
People with dyslexia struggle with reading and writing because one part of the brain that deals with sound doesn't "talk" to an area dealing with language
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 06, 2013, 7:57am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 06, 2013, 7:57am
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Brain stimulation gives you will to persevere
Zapping a tiny part of the brain prompts a complex feeling of foreboding, coupled with a determination to overcome whatever challenge comes your way
Zapping a tiny part of the brain prompts a complex feeling of foreboding, coupled with a determination to overcome whatever challenge comes your way
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 06, 2013, 7:57am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 06, 2013, 7:57am
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