Imagine a future technology that would provide instant access to the world's knowledge and artificial intelligence, simply by thinking about a specific topic or question. Communications, education, work, and the world as ...
Apr 12, 2019
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Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people.
Apr 5, 2018
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Everyone knows what it feels like to have consciousness: it's that self-evident sense of personal awareness, which gives us a feeling of ownership and control over the thoughts, emotions and experiences that we have every ...
Nov 22, 2017
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is how we visualize soft, watery tissue that is hard to image with X-rays. But while an MRI provides good enough resolution to spot a brain tumor, it needs to be a lot sharper to visualize ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most devastating. Currently, there is no treatment for this primary symptom of ASD. New research at ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Mild cognitive impairment—an early stage of dementia—is widely underdiagnosed in people 65 and older. That is the key takeaway of two recent studies from our team.
Mar 24, 2024
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Ever get chills listening to a particularly moving piece of music? You can thank the salience network of the brain for that emotional joint. Surprisingly, this region also remains an island of remembrance that is spared from ...
Apr 27, 2018
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Neurons are the basic computational building blocks that compose our brain. Their number is approximately one Tera (trillion), similar to Tera-bits in midsize hard discs. According to the neuronal computational scheme, which ...
Dec 21, 2017
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In research thought to be a world first, biomedical engineers at Wits are connecting a human brain to the internet in real time.
Sep 14, 2017
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Scientists are uncovering clues to what might be unfolding in the relationship between the brain and immune system in those who suffer from long-term repercussions of stress.
Nov 13, 2016
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