News tagged with neural processes
Just another pretty face: Professor investigates neural basis of prosopagnosia
For Bradley Duchaine, there is definitely more than meets the eye where faces are concerned.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2012 |
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How doctors make diagnoses
Doctors use similar brain mechanisms to make diagnoses and to name objects, according to a study published in the Dec. 14 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE and led by Marcio Melo of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2011 |
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The brain on trial
How should insights about the brain affect the course of a criminal trial, from the arguments in a courtroom to the issuing of a sentence?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 12, 2011 |
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How the brain strings words into sentences
(Medical Xpress) -- Distinct neural pathways are important for different aspects of language processing, researchers have discovered, studying patients with language impairments caused by neurodegenerative ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults
A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Scientists show for first time how early human embryo acquires its shape
How is it that a disc-like cluster of cells transforms within the first month of pregnancy into an elongated embryo? This mechanism is a mystery that man has tried to unravel for millennia.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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New optogenetic tools for biomedical research developed by UW scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Wyoming have characterized and engineered new proteins that expand the use of light as a tool to manipulate cell cultures, tissues and laboratory model animals.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Nano-size biological machinery for manipulating physiological function
Dr. Numano and colleagues have been investigating the dynamics of ion channels and efficiently manipulating them for optical control of neural activity.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Early life experience modifies gene vital to normal brain function
Early life stress, such as an extreme lack of parental affection, has lasting effects on a gene important to normal brain processes and also tied to mental disorders, according to a new animal study in the Sept. 29 issue ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Memory decline linked to an inability to ignore distractions
One of the most common complaints among healthy older adults relates to a decline in memory performance. This decline has been linked to an inability to ignore irrelevant information when forming memories. In order to ignore ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Discovery gives insight into brain 'replay' process
The hippocampus, a part of the brain essential for memory, has long been known to "replay" recently experienced events. Previously, replay was believed to be a simple process of reviewing recent experiences in order to help ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Google Collaborates with D-Wave on Possible Quantum Image Search
(PhysOrg.com) -- Always on the cutting edge of new computing technologies, Google has recently announced that it is investigating the use of quantum computing schemes to achieve faster image recognition rates. ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments. The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Nor ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Researchers document how brain computes language
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports a significant breakthrough in explaining gaps in scientists' understanding of human brain function. The study - ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Using synthetic evolution to study the brain: Researchers model key part of neurons
The human brain has evolved over millions of years to become a vast network of billions of neurons and synaptic connections. Understanding it is one of humankind's greatest pursuits.
Oct 02, 2009 |
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