The seat of meta-consciousness in the brain
Studies of lucid dreamers visualize which centers of the brain become active when we become aware of ourselves.
Neuroscience
Jul 27, 2012 |
4.7 / 5 (14) |
12
|
Math ability requires crosstalk in the brain
A new study by researchers at UT Dallas' Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan has found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of ...
Neuroscience
Aug 29, 2012 |
5 / 5 (9) |
9
|
Scientists map the frontiers of vision
There's a 3-D world in our brains. It's a landscape that mimics the outside world, where the objects we see exist as collections of neural circuits and electrical impulses.
Neuroscience
Jan 06, 2012 |
4.6 / 5 (7) |
0
|
Biologists announce unique spinal nerve cell activity discovery
Scientists from the University of Leicester have hit upon unique forms of spinal nerve activity that shape output of nerve cell networks controlling motor behaviours.
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
5 / 5 (6) |
0
|
Just another pretty face: Professor investigates neural basis of prosopagnosia
For Bradley Duchaine, there is definitely more than meets the eye where faces are concerned.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2012 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
6
|
How our sense of touch is a lot like the way we hear
(Medical Xpress)—When you walk into a darkened room, your first instinct is to feel around for a light switch. You slide your hand along the wall, feeling the transition from the doorframe to the painted ...
Neuroscience
Dec 11, 2012 |
5 / 5 (4) |
3
|
Neuroscientists use statistical model to draft fantasy teams of neurons
This past weekend teams from the National Football League used statistics like height, weight and speed to draft the best college players, and in a few weeks, armchair enthusiasts will use similar measures ...
Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2013 |
4 / 5 (5) |
0
|
Metacognition: I know (or don't know) that I know
At New York University, Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Steve Fleming is exploring the neural basis of metacognition: how we think about thinking, and how we assess the accuracy of our decisions, ...
Neuroscience
Feb 27, 2012 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
4
|
Your flaws are my pain
Today, there is increasing exposure of individuals to a public audience. Television shows and the internet provide platforms for this and, at times, allow observing others' flaws and norm transgressions. Regardless of whether ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 13, 2011 |
3 / 5 (6) |
1
|
Ghosts in the machine: The neural basis of visual illusions in fruit flies
(Medical Xpress) -- We experience an interesting phenomenon when the contrast of an image flickers as it moves across our visual field – namely, an illusory reversal in the direction of motion. Moreover, ...
Neuroscience
Jun 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Musical aptitude relates to reading ability
Auditory working memory and attention, for example the ability to hear and then remember instructions while completing a task, are a necessary part of musical ability. But musical ability is also related to verbal memory ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
2
'Grassroots' neurons wire and fire together for dominance in the brain
(Medical Xpress)—Inside the brain, an unpredictable race—like a political campaign—is being run. Multiple candidates, each with a network of supporters, have organized themselves into various left- ...
Neuroscience
Oct 24, 2012 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Dartmouth neuroscientist finds free will has neural basis
A new theory of brain function by Peter Ulric Tse, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth College, suggests that free will is real and has a biophysical basis in the microscopic workings of our brain cells.
Neuroscience
Mar 01, 2013 |
3 / 5 (4) |
29
Suspicion resides in two regions of the brain
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus.
Neuroscience
May 17, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
2
|
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 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
1
|
