Neuroscientists show how decision-making processes are influenced by neurons
Whether in society or nature, decisions are often the result of complex interactions between many factors. Because of this it is usually difficult to determine how much weight the different factors have in making a final ...
Neuroscience
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Neural interaction in periods of silence
German neurophysiologists have developed a new method to study widespread networks of neurons responsible for our memory.
Neuroscience
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Foggy perception slows us down
Fog is an atmospheric phenomenon that afflicts millions of drivers every day, impairing visibility and increasing the risk of an accident. The ways people respond to conditions of reduced visibility is a ...
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Oct 31, 2012 |
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Conscious perception is a matter of global neural networks
(Medical Xpress) -- Consciousness is a selective process that allows only a part of the sensory input to reach awareness. But up to today it has yet to be clarified which areas of the brain are responsible ...
Neuroscience
Jun 13, 2012 |
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Seeing movement: Why the world in our head stays still when we move our eyes
Scientists from Germany discovered new functions of brain regions that are responsible for seeing movement.
Neuroscience
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations
Scientists have now discovered how different brain regions cooperate during short-term memory.
Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Multisensory integration: When correlation implies causation
In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research involving scientists from the ...
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Dec 15, 2011 |
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Playing music alters the processing of multiple sensory stimuli in the brain
(Medical Xpress) -- Over the years pianists develop a particularly acute sense of the temporal correlation between the movements of the piano keys and the sound of the notes played. However, they are no better ...
Neuroscience
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Attention and awareness uncoupled in brain imaging experiments
In everyday life, attention and awareness appear tightly interwoven. Attending to the scissors on the right side of your desk, you become aware of their attributes, for example the red handles. Vice versa, ...
Neuroscience
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Deeper insight in the activity of cortical cells
Visual and tactile objects in our surroundings are translated into a perception by complex interactions of neurons in the cortex. The principles underlying spatial and temporal organization of neuronal activity ...
Neuroscience
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Study sheds light on brain's perception of falling objects
If you thought that judging the position of a falling object is easier when you're lying on your side, think again. New research, led by the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biological Cybernetics in Germany ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 02, 2011 |
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Scientists show how the brain's estimate of Newton's laws affects perceived object stability
The next time you are in Pisa, try looking at its tower from a different perspective. Newton's laws of motion predict that an object will fall when its centre-of-mass lies beyond its base of support. But how does your brain ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2011 |
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