Want to speed brain research? It's all in how you look at it.
To get a better look at brains, Harvard researchers are making microscopes work more like human eyes.
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Investigative Techniques: News and Research on Brain Mapping
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A 'bird's eye view' of how human brains operate
A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.
Oct 27, 2025
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Fruity fly study uncovers neural circuits for sensing the pleasantness or unpleasantness of odors
Researchers led by Hokto Kazama at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered how animals sense whether things smell pleasant or unpleasant, one of the abilities that allow us to appreciate the flavor ...
Oct 10, 2025
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Scientists create realistic brain-wide connection maps through digital modeling
EPFL researchers have developed a powerful method to generate brain-wide, biologically realistic wiring maps of the mouse brain. Their approach bridges experimental data with mathematical and computational modeling to simulate ...
Aug 29, 2025
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From brain Bluetooth to 'full RoboCop': Where chip implants will be headed soon
In the 1987 classic film "RoboCop," the deceased Detroit cop Alex Murphy is reborn as a cyborg. He has a robotic body and a full brain-computer interface that allows him to control his movements with his mind. He can access ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Brain mapping technique reveals insights into brain's higher functions
A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized.
Dec 6, 2024
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Combining the power of AI and the connectome to predict brain cell activity
With maps of the connections between neurons and artificial intelligence methods, researchers can now do what they never thought possible: predict the activity of individual neurons without making a single measurement in ...
Sep 11, 2024
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A new model to predict brain development
From the very first weeks of life, countless connections are forged between neurons to ensure the propagation of nerve signals. These connections gradually shape the final architecture of the brain, known as the connectome. ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Generative modeling framework helps predict relationship between neural readings and patient symptoms
Over the past decade or so, scientists have amassed an impressive arsenal of weapons to address the multifaceted, complex challenge of mental illness, from new genomic analysis tools and high-resolution neuroimaging technologies, ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Neuroscientists explore how the brain makes decisions
Scientists have gained new insights into how neurons in the brain communicate during a decision, and how the connections between neurons may help reinforce a choice.
Feb 21, 2024
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