Neuroscience
Brain waves can be used to predict future pain sensitivity
Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows.
Aug 6, 2020
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Cerebral Cortex
Genetics
How does our brain fold? Study reveals new genetic insights
New research is helping unlock the mystery of how the brain folds as a baby develops in the womb—a process critical to healthy brain function.
Jul 1, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The role of the hippocampus in how humans mentally travel in time and space
Human and animal brains can represent events in time and space in fascinating ways, for instance, by accessing a chronology of events that happened in the past via stimuli perceived by the senses. In the human brain, spatial ...
Neuroscience
New approach for a biological programming language
New findings by researchers led by TU Graz computer scientists Wolfgang Maass and Robert Legenstein on neural information processing in the brain could enable more efficient AI methods.
Jun 23, 2020
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Neuroscience
Like a molecular knob: How a gene controls the electrical activity of the brain
It works like a very fine "molecular knob" able to modulate the electrical activity of the neurons of our cerebral cortex, crucial to the functioning of our brain. Its name is Foxg1, it is a gene, and its unprecedented role ...
May 8, 2020
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Neuroscience
How hearing loss in old age affects the brain
The brain doesn't cope well with age-related deafness and memory suffers.
Apr 23, 2020
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Neuroscience
Your brain, the prediction engine: How expectations influence learning
During learning, the brain is a prediction engine that continually makes theories about our environment and accurately registers whether an assumption is true or not. A team of neuroscientists from Ruhr-Universität Bochum ...
Apr 15, 2020
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Neuroscience
NCAM2 protein plays a decisive role in the formation of structures for cognitive learning
The molecule NCAM2, a glycoprotein from the superfamily of immunoglobulins, is a vital factor in the formation of the cerebral cortex, neuronal morphogenesis and formation of neuronal circuits in the brain, according to new ...
Mar 13, 2020
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Neuroscience
Machine learning study: At least nine gender expressions exist in the brain
The terminology humans have conceived to explain and study our own brain may be mis-aligned with how these constructs are actually represented in nature. For example, in many human societies, when a baby is born either a ...
Feb 17, 2020
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Neuroscience
Are bigger brains better?
When it comes to certain parts of the brain, bigger doesn't necessarily equate to better memory. According to a new study led by Michigan State University, a larger hippocampus, a curved, seahorse-shaped structure embedded ...
Jan 16, 2020
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