Brain patterns may help predict relapse risk for alcoholism
(Medical Xpress)—Distinct patterns of brain activity are linked to greater rates of relapse among alcohol dependent patients in early recovery, a study has found. The research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 02, 2013 |
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Study finds analysis of many species required to better understand the brain
To get a clear picture of how humans and other mammals form memories and find their way through their surroundings, neuroscientists must pay more attention to a broad range of animals rather than focus on ...
Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2013 |
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Scientists probe the source of a pulsing signal in the sleeping brain
New findings clarify where and how the brain's "slow waves" originate. These rhythmic signal pulses, which sweep through the brain during deep sleep at the rate of about one cycle per second, are assumed ...
Neuroscience
Apr 18, 2013 |
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'Strikingly similar' brains of man and fly may aid mental health research
A new study by scientists at King's College London and the University of Arizona (UA) published in Science reveals the deep similarities in how the brain regulates behaviour in arthropods (such as flies ...
Neuroscience
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Scientists identify brain's 'molecular memory switch'
Scientists have identified a key molecule responsible for triggering the chemical processes in our brain linked to our formation of memories. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Neural Circuits, reveal ...
Neuroscience
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Nerve regeneration research and therapy may get boost from new discovery
A new mechanism for guiding the growth of nerves that involves cell-death machinery has been found by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno that may bring advances in neurological medicine and research. ...
Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Game of Japanese chess reveals how experts develop their capacity for rapid problem-solving
(Medical Xpress)—The superior capability of experts to rapidly solve problems depends largely on their intuition, and it has long been known that this is related to experience and training. Although many ...
Neuroscience
Mar 22, 2013 |
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Humanoid robot helps train children with autism
"Aiden, look!" piped NAO, a two-foot tall humanoid robot, as it pointed to a flat-panel display on a far wall. As the cartoon dog Scooby Doo flashed on the screen, Aiden, a young boy with an unruly thatch ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Uncovering how humans hear one voice among many
Humans have an uncanny ability to zero in on a single voice, even amid the cacophony of voices found in a crowded party or other large gathering of people. Researchers have long sought to identify the precise ...
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Mar 11, 2013 |
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Full wired: Planar cell polarity genes guide gut neurons
The enteric nervous system (ENS), the "little brain" that resides within the gut wall, governs motility, secretion, and blood flow in the human gastrointestinal tract. Failure of the ENS to develop normally leads to congenital ...
Medical research
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Sizing things up: The evolutionary neurobiology of scale invariance
(Medical Xpress)—Visual perception is far more complex and powerful than our experience suggests. Moreover, in attempting to both understand vision and implement it in a computational device, the fact that ...
Neuroscience
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Behavioral therapy for children with autism can impact brain function
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for before-and-after analysis, a team of researchers including a UC Santa Barbara graduate student discovered positive changes in brain activity in children with autism who ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Researchers show that eye vergence influences visual attention
The journal PLOS ONE has recently published a study which provides new data around attention and visual perception. The article "A role of eye vergence in covert attention" was authored by researchers from t ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2013 |
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How chronic pain disrupts short term memory
A group of Portuguese researchers from IBMC and FMUP at the University of Porto has found the reason why patients with chronic pain often suffer from impaired short –term memory. The study, to be published ...
Neuroscience
Feb 07, 2013 |
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fMRI study uncovers neural mechanism underlying drug cravings
Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science in Japan collaborating with colleagues ...
Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2013 |
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