Chips hold the key to understanding the human brain
Chips based on ARM processor technology will be linked together to simulate the highly-complex workings of the brain, whose functionality derives from networks of billions of interacting, highly-connected neurons.
Neuroscience
Jul 07, 2011 |
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New technology could inspire brain implant for detecting and treating seizures
(Medical Xpress) -- Tiny electrodes have been coated with a drug-loaded polymer in an attempt to design an implant capable of detecting a number of neurological symptoms, such as those associated with an epileptic ...
Medical research
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Introduce specialized teaching for dyscalculia in schools, urge experts
Specialised teaching for individuals with dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, should be made widely available in mainstream education, according to a review of current research published today in the journal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2011 |
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Brain cell networks recreated with new view of activity behind memory formation
University of Pittsburgh researchers have reproduced the brain's complex electrical impulses onto models made of living brain cells that provide an unprecedented view of the neuron activity behind memory formation.
Medical research
May 25, 2011 |
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Why people with schizophrenia may have trouble reading social cues
Understanding the actions of other people can be difficult for those with schizophrenia. Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered that impairments in a brain area involved in perception of social stimuli may be partly ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 24, 2011 |
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People are visual detectives
The house keys in a kitchen drawer full of mess. Or that one small piece of paper with notes on a table laden with other papers. In a brief glance, in a tenth of a second, people can determine if an object sought is present ...
Neuroscience
May 24, 2011 |
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Implant breakthrough helps paraplegic man stand, step with assistance, move legs voluntarily
A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer at Louisville's ...
Neuroscience
May 20, 2011 |
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Guilt, cooperation linked by neural network
(Medical Xpress) -- Economic models backed up by fMRI scans offer new insights on why people choose to cooperate rather than act selfishly.
Neuroscience
May 12, 2011 |
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Scientists afflict computers with schizophrenia to better understand the human brain
Computer networks that can't forget fast enough can show symptoms of a kind of virtual schizophrenia, giving researchers further clues to the inner workings of schizophrenic brains, researchers at The University of Texas ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2011 |
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