Neuroscience
New study reveals how the nervous system mutes or boosts sensory information to make behavioral decisions
Fruit flies may be able to teach researchers a thing or two about artificial intelligence.
Oct 15, 2020
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Neuroscience
How does the brain make perceptual predictions over time?
Prediction is crucial for brain function—without forecasting, our actions would always be too late because of the delay in neural processing. However, there has been limited theoretical work explaining how our brains perform ...
Feb 6, 2017
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Neuroscience
Decoding touch
With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A study, in which some scientists of SISSA have taken part, shows that it is possible to understand what specific ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Medical research
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.
Feb 14, 2013
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Neuroscience
Breakdown of neural networks could help doctors track, better understand spread of Alzheimer's in brain
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have taken one of the first detailed looks into how Alzheimer's disease disrupts coordination among several of the brain's networks. The ...
Sep 18, 2012
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Genetics
Handful of genetic changes led to huge changes to human brain
Changes to just three genetic letters among billions led to evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory network, and laid the groundwork for the defining characteristics of the human brain, Yale University researchers ...
May 30, 2012
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Neuroscience
Taking it all in: Revealing how we sense things
McGill physiology research team sheds light on how the brain processes what we sense.
Apr 25, 2012
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Medical research
Body suit may soon enable the paralyzed to walk
In a busy lab at Duke University, Dr. Miguel Nicolelis is merging brain science with engineering in a bid to create something fantastical: a full-body prosthetic device that would allow those immobilized by injury to walk ...
Oct 6, 2011
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Neuroscience
Implant breakthrough helps paraplegic man stand, step with assistance, move legs voluntarily
A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer at Louisville's Frazier Rehab ...
May 20, 2011
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Neuroscience
A giant interneuron for sparse coding
A single interneuron controls activity adaptively in 50,000 neurons, enabling consistently sparse codes for odors.
May 13, 2011
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