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September 9, 2016

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Amputees' Brains Remember Missing Hands

Nerve Cells With a Sense of Rhythm

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Neuroscience: Linking Perception to Action

Sep. 8, 2016 — A researcher studying how the brain uses perception of the environment to guide action has a new understanding of the neural circuits responsible for transforming sensation into ... read more

Sign Language May Be Helpful for Children With Rare Speech Disorder

Sep. 1, 2016 — Using sign language with intensive speech therapy may be an effective treatment for children with a rare speech disorder called apraxia of speech, according ... read more

New Role of Adenosine in the Regulation of REM Sleep Discovered

Sep. 1, 2016 — The regulation and function of sleep is one of the biggest black boxes of today's brain science. A new paper finds that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is suppressed by adenosine acting on a specific ... read more

Want to Hit Your Target? Good Luck, Short Stuff

Aug. 31, 2016 — Tall quarterbacks might have more going for them than a clear view over the offensive line. New research shows that tall people are better than shorter people at correctly identifying the location of ... read more

Brain Perceives Taste With All Senses, Scientific Evidence Reveals

Aug. 31, 2016 — The phrase "it looks so good you can almost taste it" may actually be scientifically proven based on the findings of a new study that explored how the brain processes stimuli ... read more

Friends Are No Better Than Strangers in Accurately Identifying Emotion in Emails

Aug. 30, 2016 — Friends are no better at interpreting correct emotional intent in emails than complete strangers, new research indicates. The researchers found that ... read more

Visual Nudge Can Disrupt Recall of What Things Look Like

Aug. 26, 2016 — Interfering with your vision makes it harder to describe what you know about the appearance of even common objects, according to ... read more

Researchers Find New Role for Cannabinoids in Vision

Aug. 25, 2016 — A multidisciplinary team of researchers has improved our understanding of how cannabinoids, the active agent in marijuana, affect vision ... read more

Factors That Might Attract Children to Marijuana Edibles

Aug. 25, 2016 — A new report identifies factors that make food attractive to children. Commissioned by the state Liquor and Cannabis Board, the report studied research on what makes food appeal to children and the ... read more

Zika Virus Detected in Newborn Until 2 Months After Birth

Aug. 24, 2016 — Researchers outline the case of a baby born with Zika infection in January 2016, who remained infected by the virus even two months and one week after birth. This is the first reported case of ... read more

Music Therapist Makes Recordings With Heartbeats

Researchers Use Google Glass for Autistic Kids

Babies Who've Got Rhythm Might Have An Easier Time Learning Languages

Happiness Might Sometimes Be Bad For Your Heart

With MRI Technique, Brain Scientists Induce Feelings About Faces

Sep. 8, 2016 — Researchers report that they were able to train unknowing volunteers to develop a mild but significant preference or dislike for faces that they had previously regarded ... read more

Too Much Activity in Certain Areas of the Brain Is Bad for Memory and Attention

Aug. 23, 2016 — Researchers have found that faulty inhibitory neurotransmission and abnormally increased activity in the hippocampus impairs our memory and ... read more

Hope for Reversing Stroke-Induced Long-Term Disability

Aug. 22, 2016 — Permanent brain damage from a stroke may be reversible thanks to a developing therapeutic technique, a study has found. The novel approach combines transplanted human stem cells with a special ... read more

Many Stroke Patients Experience Delays in Seeking and Receiving Care

Aug. 22, 2016 — A new study reveals that many patients are not aware that they are having a stroke when they are experiencing ... read more

New Device Could Help Improve Taste of Foods Low in Fat, Sugar and Salt

Aug. 22, 2016 — Scientists may be closing in on a way to let consumers savor the sweet taste of cake, cookies and other delights without the sugar rush. They have isolated several natural aromatic molecules that ... read more

Refining Optogenetic Methods to Map Synaptic Connections in the Brain

Aug. 19, 2016 — A fundamental question in neuroscience is how neuronal circuits give rise to brain function, as disruptions in these connections can lead to brain disorders. Translating the rules governing the ... read more

Maternal Language Shapes Infants' Cry Melodies

Aug. 19, 2016 — The very first cry of neonates is marked by their maternal language. This seems to be especially apparent in tonal languages, where pitch and pitch fluctuation determine the meaning of words. Chinese ... read more

The Golfer's Steady Gaze

Aug. 19, 2016 — Researchers are investigating motor learning by studying the golfer's steady gaze. Not only can the researchers measure what advantages professionals have over novices: in their studies, they ... read more

Brain More Robust Than Previously Thought

Aug. 19, 2016 — The brain is well capable of coping with the erratic way individual brain cells transmit information. This robustness is quite useful because variation in signal transmission doesn't merely ... read more

The Surprising Side Effect of Kissing Up at Work

Aug. 16, 2016 — Kissing up to your boss doesn't just impact your relationship with your supervisor, it can influence your co-workers, as well, suggests new ... read more

No Blue Light, Please, I'm Tired: Light Color Determines Sleepiness Versus Arousal in Mice

Aug. 15, 2016 — Light affects sleep. A study in mice shows that the actual color of light matters; blue light keeps mice awake longer while green light puts them to sleep ... read more

New Insights Into How the Mind Influences the Body

Aug. 15, 2016 — Neuroscientists have identified the neural networks that connect the cerebral cortex to the adrenal medulla, which is responsible for the body's rapid response in stressful situations. These ... read more

This Is Your Brain on Sentences

Aug. 15, 2016 — Researchers, for the first time, have decoded and predicted the brain activity patterns of word meanings within sentences, and successfully predicted what the brain patterns would be for new ... read more

Virtual World Improves Communication Following Stroke, Says Study

Aug. 12, 2016 — A virtual reality world called EVA Park can improve the communication of those who have impaired speech and language following a stroke, according to ... read more

How Did Primate Brains Get So Big?

Aug. 11, 2016 — Virtual brains reconstructed from ancient, kiwi-sized primate skulls could help resolve one of the most intriguing evolutionary mysteries: how modern primates developed large ... read more

Researchers 'Reprogram' Network of Brain Cells in Mice With Thin Beam of Light

Aug. 11, 2016 — Neurons that fire together really do wire together, says a new study, suggesting that the three-pound computer in our heads may be more malleable than we ... read more

Orangutan Able to Guess a Taste Without Sampling It, Just Like Us

Aug. 11, 2016 — Without having tasted a new juice mix before, an orangutan in a Swedish zoo has enough sense to know whether it will taste nice or not based on how he recombined relevant memories from the past. Only ... read more

Neuron Unites 2 Theoretical Models on Motion Detection

Aug. 10, 2016 — Computation of motion by T4 cells in the fly brain more complex than previously ... read more

New Study Confirms Adage That With Age Comes Wisdom

Aug. 8, 2016 — Older adults are better at interpreting the correct slope of a hill than young adults, which researchers believe is because of greater life ... read more

New Model Recreates Early Spread of Parkinson's Disease in the Brain

Aug. 8, 2016 — They're two of the biggest mysteries in Parkinson's disease research -- where does the disease start? And how can it be stopped early in the ... read more

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