Neuroscience
Perfecting pitch perception
New research from MIT neuroscientists suggests that natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we most often encounter.
Dec 20, 2021
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Neuroscience
'Deepfaking the mind' could improve brain-computer interfaces for people with disabilities
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering are using generative adversarial networks (GANs)—technology best known for creating deepfake videos and photorealistic human faces—to improve brain-computer interfaces ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Neuroscience
How the brain ignores distracting information to coordinate movements
As you read this article, touch receptors in your skin are sensing your environment. Your clothes and jewelry, the chair you're sitting on, the computer keyboard or mobile device you're using, even your fingers as they brush ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Increasing lifespan and stability of human-implantable medical devices
Many human implantable-medical devices have been developed in recent years and are being used in clinics. These devices include brain-machine interfaces, in which a chip is implanted into the brain to enable humans to activate ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Neuroscience
Retina 'hardwired' to predict path of moving objects
Neural circuits in the primate retina can generate the information needed to predict the path of a moving object before visual signals even leave the eye, UW Medicine researchers demonstrate in a new paper.
Aug 2, 2021
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Neuroscience
The rat's whiskers: Multidisciplinary research reveals how we sense texture
How we sense texture has long been a mystery. It is known that nerves attached to the fingertip skin are responsible for sensing different surfaces, but how they do it is not well understood. Rodents perform texture sensing ...
Jul 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Uncovering the genetic mechanism behind Rett syndrome
Medical researchers led by Kyushu University have revealed a possible underlying genetic pathway behind the neurological dysfunction of Rett syndrome. The team found that deficiencies in key genes involved in the pathology ...
Jul 2, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study identifies a neural signal that could explain social-cognitive ability in autism
An electroencephalogram (EEG) study of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identified a neural signal that may help explain the variation of how those with ASD perceive or understand the mental states of others ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Neuroscience
Organic, printable device could restore sight to the blind
A researcher at the University of Sydney is developing a printable device that acts like a retina and could one day restore sight to blind people.
May 17, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study shows how our brains sync hearing with vision
Every high-school physics student learns that sound and light travel at very different speeds. If the brain did not account for this difference, it would be much harder for us to tell where sounds came from, and how they ...
May 11, 2021
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