News tagged with neuroscientists
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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 |
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Team unveils novel wireless brain sensor
A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely ...
Neuroscience
Feb 28, 2013 |
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The good side of the prion: A molecule that is not only dangerous, but can help the brain grow
A few years ago it was found that certain proteins, the prions, when defective are dangerous, as they are involved in neurodegenerative syndromes such as the Creutzfeldt-Jakob and the Alzheimer diseases. ...
Medical research
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Stopping cold: Scientists turn off the ability to feel cold
(Medical Xpress)—USC neuroscientists have isolated chills at a cellular level, identifying the sensory network of neurons in the skin that relays the sensation of cold.
Medical research
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Finding the way to memory: Guidance proteins regulate brain plasticity
Our ability to learn and form new memories is fully dependent on the brain's ability to be plastic – that is to change and adapt according to new experiences and environments. A new study from the Montreal Neurological ...
Neuroscience
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Could the timing of when you eat, be just as important as what you eat?
Most weight-loss plans center around a balance between caloric intake and energy expenditure. However, new research has shed light on a new factor that is necessary to shed pounds: timing. Researchers from Brigham and Women's ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Neuroscientists create fiber-optic method of arresting epileptic seizures
UC Irvine neuroscientists have developed a way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals, heralding a novel opportunity to treat the most severe manifestations of the brain disorder.
Neuroscience
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Like Lance Armstrong, we are all liars, experts say
Although we profess to hate it, lying is common, useful and pretty much universal. It is one of the most durable threads in our social fabric and an important bulwark of our self-esteem. We start lying by the age of 4 and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2013 |
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A light switch inside the brain
Activating and deactivating individual nerve cells in the brain is something many neuroscientists wish they could do, as it would help them to better understand how the brain works.
Neuroscience
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Discovery that some seizures arise in glial cells could offer new targets for epilepsy treatment
Epileptic seizures occur when neurons in the brain become excessively active. However, a new study from MIT neuroscientists suggests that some seizures may originate in non-neuronal cells known as glia, which ...
Neuroscience
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Information better retained with reinforcing stimuli delivered during sleep, research finds
When you're studying for an exam, is there something you can do while you sleep to retain the information better?
Neuroscience
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Eliminating useless information important to learning, making new memories
As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information – rather than take in the new stuff - that makes it harder to learn, scientists report.
Neuroscience
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Birdsong study pecks theory that music is uniquely human
(Medical Xpress)—A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows, published in Frontiers of Evolutionary Ne ...
Neuroscience
Dec 27, 2012 |
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15 years of brain research: Multisensory speech perception examined
Research on multisensory speech perception in recent years has helped revolutionize our understanding of how the brain organizes the information it receives from our many different senses, UC Riverside psychology professor ...
Neuroscience
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Removing protein 'garbage' in nerve cells may help control two neurodegenerative diseases
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal ...
Medical research
Dec 20, 2012 |
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