Neuroscience
- New information on brain areas linked to tactile sense and metacognitive ability (22 Aug 2018)
- ‘Gradient Descent’: when Artificial Intelligence meets art (14 Aug 2018)
- CLOCK gene may hold answers to human brain evolution (02 Aug 2018)
- Mapping of magnetic particles in the human brain (01 Aug 2018)
- Deep learning: A superhuman way to look at cells (18 Jul 2018)
- Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in most common brain scan (18 Jul 2018)
- Machine learning helps to predict the treatment outcomes of schizophrenia: Building better tools for diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders (14 Jul 2018)
- Improving stroke treatment through machine learning (14 Jul 2018)
- Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware (14 Jul 2018)
- Training artificial intelligence with artificial X-rays: New research could help AI identify rare conditions in medical images by augmenting existing datasets (13 Jul 2018)
- Synthetic 'brainy skin' with sense of touch gets £1.5m funding (13 Jul 2018)
- Neuronal 'barcodes' shape complex networks in the brain (12 Jul 2018)
- World's first intra-operative MRI-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery (01 Jul 2018)
- Striking differences in brain morphology between wild and domestic rabbits (01 Jul 2018)
- Scientists discover how brain signals travel to drive language performance: Their results pave the way for the treatment of aphasia and other language disorders (01 Jul 2018)
- Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do (01 Jul 2018)
- Democratizing science: Making neuroscience experiments easier to share, reproduce (01 Jul 2018)
- Deep brain stimulation: A new treatment approach in patients with multiple sclerosis (01 Jul 2018)
- Calcium-based MRI sensor enables more sensitive brain imaging (01 Jul 2018)
- Personalized “deep learning” equips robots for autism therapy (30 Jun 2018)
- Researchers at Sandia work on new way to image brain (21 Jun 2018)
- In living color: Seeing cells from outside the body with synthetic bioluminescence (20 Apr 2018)
- Brain's alertness circuitry conserved through evolution (19 Nov 2017)
- Bioengineered robotic hand with its own nervous system will sense touch (19 Nov 2017)
- DARPA's New Brain Device Increases Learning Speed by 40% (27 Oct 2017)
- Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain (27 Oct 2017)
- Navigation system of brain cells decoded (26 Oct 2017)
- Self-esteem mapped in the human brain (25 Oct 2017)
- High-speed locomotion neurons found in the brainstem (25 Oct 2017)
- Brain region that motivates behavior change discovered (25 Oct 2017)
- MIT neuroscientists build case for new theory of memory formation (24 Oct 2017)
- Brain patterns underlying mothers' responses to infant cries: Behaviors and brain activity consistent between mothers from different countries (24 Oct 2017)
- Phenogenetic map created for stem cells models of neurological diseases (20 Oct 2017)
- Researchers observe individual cellular receptors at work (19 Oct 2017)
- What Is Synesthesia? (18 Oct 2017)
- Schizophrenia disrupts the brain's entire communication system, researchers say: Wiring is frayed in more than just one region, according to a new international study (18 Oct 2017)
- Learning during development is regulated by an unexpected brain region (18 Oct 2017)
- How bees find their way home (17 Oct 2017)
- Brain waves reflect different types of learning (13 Oct 2017)
- Brain chemical abnormalities in earliest stage of psychosis identified (12 Oct 2017)
- Growing human brain cells in the lab: Scientists develop a cheaper, quicker, and more reliable stem cell-based technology to facilitate drug discovery (11 Oct 2017)
- Watch out! Brain network calculates impact of approaching object (10 Oct 2017)
- Molecular basis for memory and learning: Brain development and plasticity share similar signalling pathways (10 Oct 2017)
- Human brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it detects them: Study challenges traditional hierarchy of brain decoding; offers insight into how the brain makes perceptual judgements (10 Oct 2017)
- How brain cells die in Alzheimer's and FTD: Epigenetic regulator LSD1 tangled up; brain cells go haywire without it (09 Oct 2017)
- Spin glass provides insight into brain activity – Physics World (08 Oct 2017)
- Scientists use magnetic fields to remotely stimulate brain -- and control body movements: The minimally invasive technique could lead to advances in mapping the brain and treating neurological disease (08 Oct 2017)
- Scientists discover brain area which can be targeted for treatment in patients with schizophrenia who 'hear voices' (08 Oct 2017)
- Physicists, engineers to build next-generation MRI brain scanner (08 Oct 2017)
- Magnetic skyrmions could help make low-energy artificial 'brains' – Physics World (08 Oct 2017)
- Better genetic decoding of neurodevelopmental disorders (08 Oct 2017)
- Studying bumblebees to learn more about human intelligence and memory (05 Oct 2017)
- Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure (23 Sep 2017)
- Why animals have evolved to favor one side of the brain (11 Sep 2017)
- Tiny cavefish may help humans evolve to require very little sleep (22 Mar 2017)
- Artificial intelligence to predict odors (22 Mar 2017)
- Researchers reveal how neurodegenerative diseases spread through the brain (17 Mar 2017)
- Brain development: How a 'molecular compass' regulates proper cell division (17 Mar 2017)
- Bioluminescent sensor causes brain cells to glow in the dark (17 Mar 2017)
- Revolutionary method to map brains at single-neuron resolution successfully demonstrated (24 Aug 2016)
- Schizophrenia simulator: When chemistry upends sanity's balance (22 Aug 2016)
- Large human brain evolved as a result of 'sizing each other up' (22 Aug 2016)
- Brain-machine interface triggers recovery for paraplegic patients (22 Aug 2016)
- How the brain encodes time and place: Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that is critical for forming episodic memories (25 Jul 2016)
- Decision-making involves a little known brain region in the thalamus (25 Jul 2016)
- Adolescent brain may be especially sensitive to new memories, social stress, and drug use (25 Jul 2016)
- Humans perceive time somewhere in between reality and our expectations (22 Jul 2016)
- Comprehensive map of primate brain development published in Nature (22 Jul 2016)
- 'Big Data' study discovers earliest sign of Alzheimer's development: Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough (21 Jul 2016)
- New brainstem model reveals how brains control breathing (09 Jul 2016)
- Repairing the brain: Two genes unlock potential for treatment of schizophrenia (04 Jul 2016)
- Major breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer's disease (04 Jul 2016)
- Neuron responsible for alcoholism found: Researchers find neuron responsible for alcohol consumption, could stop cycle of alcoholism (29 Jun 2016)
- How computers are learning to be creative (29 Jun 2016)
- Food may be addictive: Food craving may be 'hard-wired' in the brain (24 Jun 2016)
- Artificial synapse rivals biological ones in energy consumption (24 Jun 2016)
- Study validates monkey model of visual perception (14 Jun 2016)
- How the mind sharpens the senses (14 Jun 2016)
- Does Marijuana Change the Brain? (14 Jun 2016)
- Degenerating neurons respond to gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease: Postmortem brain studies suggest nerve growth factor safely triggered functional cell growth (14 Jun 2016)
- Cannabis use may influence cortical maturation in adolescent males: ...who have a high genetic risk for schizophrenia (14 Jun 2016)
- Bilingualism and the brain: How language shapes our ability to process information (31 May 2016)
- 'Memory region' of brain also involved in conflict resolution: Hippocampus is involved in quick, successful decisions (28 May 2016)
- Scientists discover atomic-resolution details of brain signaling (27 May 2016)
- Research examines relationship between autism and creativity: New research has found that people with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas (27 May 2016)
- Scientists discover what controls waking up and going to sleep: Simple 2-cycle mechanism turns key brain neurons on or off during 24-hour day (26 May 2016)
- How do ants identify different members of their society? (26 May 2016)
- Rapid eye movements in sleep reset dream 'snapshots': Researchers find eye movements during REM sleep reflect brain activity patterns associated with new images (24 May 2016)
- What neuroscience can learn from computer science (17 May 2016)
- Scientists identify schizophrenia's 'Rosetta Stone' gene (15 May 2016)
- Vision-restoring gene therapy also strengthens visual processing pathways in brain: Surprisingly rapid regrowth of unused brain connections after decades of near blindness (14 May 2016)
- Miniature brains made from patient skin cells reveal insights into autism (14 May 2016)
- This is your brain on communication (12 May 2016)
- Making sense of our evolution (12 May 2016)
- Gene associated with thinking skills: Gene underlying healthy information processing identified (12 May 2016)
- Why parrots are great vocal imitators: Regions of bird's brain likely duplicated at least 29 million years ago (10 May 2016)
- Single gene controls fish brain size and intelligence (10 May 2016)
- How our sense of smell evolved, including in early humans (10 May 2016)
- Emotional brains 'physically different' from rational ones (09 May 2016)
- Scientists grow multiple brain structures and make connections between them: Model of neuronal connectivity using stem cells (08 May 2016)
- Researchers discover first sensor of Earth's magnetic field in an animal (08 May 2016)
- How the brain learns to distinguish between what is important and what is not (08 May 2016)
- Scientists produce strongest evidence yet of schizophrenia's causes (07 May 2016)
- Scientists gain first glimpse of new concepts developing in the brain (07 May 2016)
- Researchers find speedometer in the brain (07 May 2016)
- Hippocampus: In search of memory storage (07 May 2016)
- Epicenter of brain's predictive ability pinpointed by scientists (07 May 2016)
- Researchers find brain area that integrates speech's rhythms (02 May 2016)
- Scientists map brain's 'thesaurus' to help decode inner thoughts (30 Apr 2016)
- Neurons constantly rewrite their DNA (24 Apr 2016)
- Bats use both sides of brain to listen—just like humans (24 Apr 2016)
- New insight into how brain makes memories (23 Apr 2016)
- Age-related changes in the brain can have significant impact on individuals, society (23 Apr 2016)
- Nietzsche on Dreams as an Evolutionary Time Machine for the Human Brain (21 Apr 2016)
- How the brain balances risk-taking and learning (21 Apr 2016)
- Fruit flies crucial to basic research (19 Apr 2016)
- Abnormal brain rhythms tied to problems with thinking in schizophrenia (16 Apr 2016)
- Schizophrenia: Impaired activity of the selective dopamine neurons (13 Apr 2016)
- New insights into underlying cellular mechanisms of information processing in the brain (13 Apr 2016)
- Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA (13 Apr 2016)
- Heightened scents: Do ambient fragrances make consumers purchase more? (12 Apr 2016)
- Brain protein influences how the brain manages stress; suggests new model of depression (11 Apr 2016)
- Bilingual brains better equipped to process information (11 Apr 2016)
- Invading the brain to understand and repair cognition (10 Apr 2016)
- Pioneering Psychologist William James on Attention, Multitasking, and the Mental Habit That Sets Great Minds Apart (25 Mar 2016)
- Seeing the light: Army ants evolve to regain sight and more in return to surface (15 Mar 2016)
- Magnetoreception molecule found in the eyes of dogs and primates (15 Mar 2016)
- New research replicates a folding human brain in 3-D (05 Feb 2016)
- Modelling how the brain makes complex decisions (05 Feb 2016)
- Neurogenesis -- discovery of a new regulatory mechanism (31 Jan 2016)
- Graphene shown to safely interact with neurons in the brain (31 Jan 2016)
- Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought (29 Jan 2016)
- DARPA’s neural implant will make brain-computer interfacing a practical reality (29 Jan 2016)
- Both hemispheres of the brain process numbers (29 Jan 2016)
- 'Spectacular discovery' of how memories are formed and learning takes place (21 Dec 2015)
- Mathematically modeling the mind (21 Dec 2015)
- 'Machine teaching' holds the power to illuminate human learning (21 Dec 2015)
- How is a developing brain assembled? (21 Dec 2015)
- How brain architecture leads to abstract thought (21 Dec 2015)
- Georgia Tech researchers demonstrate how the brain can handle so much data (21 Dec 2015)
- WSU Spokane researchers isolate smallest unit of sleep to date (11 Dec 2015)
- What can brain-controlled prosthetics tell us about the brain? (09 Dec 2015)
- Modular brains help organisms learn new skills without forgetting old skills (09 Dec 2015)
- Intelligent neuroprostheses mimic natural motor control (09 Dec 2015)
- How deep-brain stimulation reshapes neural circuits in Parkinson's disease (09 Dec 2015)
- DARPA taps lab to help restore sense of touch to amputees (07 Dec 2015)
- Bioelectricity plays key role in brain development and repair (07 Dec 2015)
- How does a machine smell? Better than it did (06 Dec 2015)
- Link seen between seizures and migraines in the brain (04 Dec 2015)
- On the frontiers of cyborg science (29 Oct 2015)
- Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology, too (29 Oct 2015)
- When highest perceptual ability occurs in a day? (28 Oct 2015)
- Tiny chip mimics brain, delivers supercomputer speed (28 Oct 2015)
- Chimpanzee intelligence determined by genes (03 Oct 2015)
- Chimpanzee personality linked to anatomy of brain structures (29 Sep 2015)
- Study of birds' sense of smell reveals important clues for behavior and adaptation (07 Sep 2015)
- Researchers discover first sensor of Earth's magnetic field in an animal (21 Jul 2015)
- Smarter than you think: Fish can remember where they were fed 12 days later (11 Jul 2014)
- Why More Left-Handed Men are Born in the Winter (06 Jul 2014)
- Watching individual neurons respond to magnetic therapy (30 Jun 2014)
- Play an Instrument? Musical Training Improves Brain Function (22 Jun 2014)
- Game makers eager to pick your brain with neurogaming (22 Jun 2014)