News tagged with neural pattern

A post-coital switch: Mapping the changing behaviors in the female fruit fly's mind

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn't be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal Current Biology, researchers have used dramatic change ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer scientists form mathematical formulation of the brain's neural networks

As computer scientists this year celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the mathematical genius Alan Turing, who set out the basis for digital computing in the 1930s to anticipate the electronic age, they still quest ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

All-nighters can bring on euphoria, risky behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- A sleepless night can make us cranky and moody. But a lesser known side effect of sleep deprivation is short-term euphoria, which can potentially lead to poor judgment and addictive behavior, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

System that controls sleep may be same for most mammals

In a novel mathematical model that reproduces sleep patterns for multiple species, an international team of researchers has demonstrated that the neural circuitry that controls the sleep/wake cycle in humans may also control ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twins Study Looks at Genetic Influences on Thinking

(PhysOrg.com) -- A groundbreaking study by UT Dallas’ Center for Vital Longevity is focusing on twins in an effort to answer some long-debated questions about the rival influences of nature vs. nurture.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Organized chaos gets robots going (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even simple insects can generate quite different movement patterns with their six legs. The animal uses various gaits depending on whether it crawls uphill or downhill, slowly or fast. Scientists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 17, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain develops motor memory for prosthetics, study finds

"Practice makes perfect" is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill - be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. Stunning new research now reveals that the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Mollusks taste memories to build shells (w/Video)

University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Alistair Boettiger has amassed a beautiful collection of seashells, but not by combing the beach. He created them in his computer.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1