Posts Tagged ‘neurobiology’
Earth & Environment - Aug 27, 2009 15:37 - 2 Comments
Bats sing silly love songs
New research reveals bat songs include a surprisingly rich repertoire of sounds and unique phrases.
Science & Technology - Jul 22, 2009 12:43 - 2 Comments
Scans show brain’s 2D region processes 3D
Bas Rokers (pictured), Alex Huk, and Larry Cormack discovered the center for 3D motion processing in the human brain. An enhanced image of Rokers’ brain from an fMRI scan shows the region active when perceiving 3D motion, seen as the bright blue area in the lower left of the photo. (Credit: Marsha Miller/UT Austin)
Science & Technology - Jul 16, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Keep it down! I can’t hear myself read.
“Auditory training and reducing background noise in classrooms, our research suggests, may provide significant benefit to poor readers,” says the study’s senior author Nina Kraus.
Science & Technology - Jun 11, 2009 10:15 - 0 Comments
In evolution, the primate eyes have it
Capuchin monkeys, such as the one above, are active during the day and have developed more cone cells than rods to help them distinguish colors during daylight.
