News tagged with neuroscientists
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Neuroscientist group finds daydreaming uses same parts of the brain as social skills
(Medical Xpress) -- A group of Australian neuroscientists have been reviewing the results of many studies done over the years regarding the parts of the brain that are thought to be used in different real ...
Neuroscience
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Research shows brain more flexible, trainable than previously thought
Opening the door to the development of thought-controlled prosthetic devices to help people with spinal cord injuries, amputations and other impairments, neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, ...
Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2012 |
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Eye movement not engaged in arms race, researchers find
We make our eye movements earlier or later in order to coordinate with movements of our arms, New York University neuroscientists have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Neuron, points to a mechanism in the ...
Neuroscience
Feb 28, 2012 |
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What can animals' survival instincts tell us about understanding human emotion?
Can animals' survival instincts shed additional light on what we know about human emotion? New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux poses this question in outlining a pioneering theory, drawn from two decades of research, ...
Neuroscience
Feb 22, 2012 |
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New approach could more effectively diagnose personality disorders
(Medical Xpress) -- Personality disorders could be more effectively diagnosed by identifying and targeting the disrupted neurobiological systems where the disorders originate, report Cornell researchers.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Chess masters help researchers understand how we see the world
(Medical Xpress) -- Just as expert chess players scrutinize a board to calculate their next moves, UT Dallas cognitive neuroscientists are studying the way these players’ brains work to better understand ...
Neuroscience
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Neuron memory key to taming chronic pain
For some, the pain is so great that they can't even bear to have clothes touch their skin. For others, it means that every step is a deliberate and agonizing choice. Whether the pain is caused by arthritic joints, an injury ...
Neuroscience
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Neurobiologists identify animal model for a deadly human metabolic disorder
In medical research, finding a reliable and cost-effective animal model can greatly enhance success in identifying disease mechanisms and genetic pathways, potentially cutting years off drug testing regimes and development ...
Neuroscience
Feb 13, 2012 |
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FDA-approved drug rapidly clears amyloid from the brain, reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. The researchers' findings, published in the journal Science, show t ...
Neuroscience
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Why the middle finger has such a slow connection
Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain -- we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps is largely unclear. What effects they can have is now shown by ...
Neuroscience
Feb 07, 2012 |
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My connectome, myself
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each of which is connected to many others. Neuroscientists believe these connections hold the key to our memories, personality and even mental disorders such as schizophrenia. ...
Neuroscience
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Why the brain is more reluctant to function as we age
New findings, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol and published this week in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, reveal a novel mechanism through which the brain may become more reluctant to function as we ...
Neuroscience
Feb 01, 2012 |
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New study confirms that mom's love good for child's brain
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Davos wowed by device that reads 'code of life' in hours
It was the talk of Davos, grabbing the imagination of a forum otherwise shrouded in gloom: a miracle machine that cracks the code of life within hours and could revolutionise healthcare.
Genetics
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Making memories last: Prion-like protein plays key role in storing long-term memories
Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses". But how do these synapses stay strong and keep memories alive for decades? Neuroscientists at the Stowers Institute for ...
Medical research
Jan 27, 2012 |
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