Posts Tagged ‘neuroscience’
Top Stories - Oct 6, 2011 9:49 - 1 Comment
Hardwiring helps some learn from flubs
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — People who think they can learn from their mistakes have a different brain reaction to errors than those who don’t, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 5, 2011 11:18 - 1 Comment
Surprising way neurons react to faces
CALTECH (US) — Researchers studying how brain cells respond to human faces have recorded a novel behavior in neurons. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 30, 2011 13:42 - 0 Comments
To decide, brain hedges its bets
CALTECH (US) / UCL (UK) — To make decisions, our brains are constantly doing calculations that enable us to keep track of correlations between dynamic factors, new research finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 30, 2011 13:41 - 1 Comment
Alzheimer’s marker rises, falls with sleep
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A marker for Alzheimer’s disease fluctuates in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 29, 2011 10:06 - 1 Comment
Brain learns while body snoozes
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — An unconscious form of memory may keep people learning even while they sleep. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 26, 2011 9:19 - 0 Comments
Technology ‘reads mind’ to make movies
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers decoded the brain signals of people as they watched movie trailers, and replayed those thoughts as movies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 13:29 - 0 Comments
‘Cartoon’ maps brain’s tangle of synapses
CALTECH (US) — Biologists have come up with a visual way to tease apart the elusive details of the network that regulates the brain’s synapses. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 11:47 - 0 Comments
Hungry brain craves high-calorie treat
YALE / USC (US) — If the brain goes hungry, Twinkies look a lot better, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 10:59 - 0 Comments
Molecule unlocks blood-brain barrier
CORNELL (US) — Scientists may have discovered how to safely open and close the blood-brain barrier to deliver drug therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and cancers of the central nervous system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 19, 2011 11:47 - 2 Comments
To read words, brain detects motion
STANFORD (US) — Motion, not just the black-and-white contrast of the printed word, can help us recognize words, and thus to read, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2011 12:04 - 14 Comments
Train brain, not ears, to stop the ringing
UC BERKELEY (US) — New treatments, including retraining the brain, could offer hope to the millions who suffer from tinnitus, a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2011 11:59 - 2 Comments
Spinal cord bridge restores breathing
CASE WESTERN (US) — Scientists restored breathing function in mice by bridging a spinal cord injury and regenerating lost nerve connections to the diaphragm. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 12, 2011 17:09 - 1 Comment
Illusion explains how we view motion
STANFORD (US) — Flies like watching computer screens as much as the next animal. Set them on a trackball in front of a monitor, and they’ll follow the action. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2011 11:56 - 0 Comments
Free radical catch-22: Eat less, age more
YALE (US) — The good news: Elevating free radical levels in the hypothalamus suppresses appetite in obese mice. The bad news: Free radicals likely drive the aging process. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2011 11:52 - 0 Comments
Impulse control: It’s all about timing
VANDERBILT (US) — How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different than psychologists have thought for the last 40 years. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2011 11:50 - 2 Comments
Multiple sclerosis: Origin of abnormal cells found
UC DAVIS (US) — Researchers have discovered the source of cells involved in a phenomenon seen in the brains and spinal cords of people with multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 25, 2011 16:22 - 1 Comment
Hyper hippocampus fuels schizophrenia?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — New research may help explain how antipsychotic drugs manage the classic symptoms of schizophrenia, which in turn could help pinpoint what’s causing the disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 25, 2011 15:34 - 0 Comments
Device fails to lower risk of surgery recall
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — An FDA-approved device designed to reduce the likelihood that patients will recall surgery does not lower the risk any more than a less expensive method. (more…)
