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Research team reads minds to understand human tool use
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an astonishing discovery about how our brains control our hands.
May 10, 2021
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Researchers discover how the brain learns from subconscious stimuli
Researchers uncovered for the first time what happens in animals' brains when they learn from subconscious, visual stimuli. In time, this knowledge can lead to new treatments for a number of conditions. The study, a collaboration ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain
A new study from researchers at the Allen Institute collected and analyzed the largest single dataset of neurons' electrical activity to glean principles of how we perceive the visual world around us. The study, published ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Mouse-controlled mouse helps researchers understand intentional control
We know that the brain can direct thoughts, but how this is achieved is difficult to determine. Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre have devised a brain machine interface (BMI) that allows mice to learn to guide ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Dog and human brains process faces differently
Researchers of the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, discovered striking similarities and differences in how dog and human brains process visual information about others. The study was published ...
Oct 5, 2020
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Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination
Medical University of South Carolina researchers report in Current Biology that the brain uses similar visual areas for mental imagery and vision, but it uses low-level visual areas less precisely with mental imagery than ...
Jul 11, 2020
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How associative fear memory is formed in the brain
How does the brain form "fear memory" that links a traumatic event to a particular situation? A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, may have found an answer.
Mar 13, 2020
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Hearing through lip-reading
Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through lip-reading, according to new research published in JNeurosci.
Jan 2, 2020
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Not seeing the trees for the forest
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have shown that it is possible that objects stand out less when they are surrounded by similar objects. This surround-suppression effect is caused by feedback from ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Hand movements help us understand language in a noisy environment
Hand movements (and not especially lip movements, as is often thought) are the best way to recognise language in noisy situations. The best solution is a combination of lip and hand movements. This is the conclusion of a ...
May 3, 2019
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