News tagged with neural processes
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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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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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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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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Study shows that color plays musical chairs in the brain (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Color is normally thought of as a fundamental attribute of an object: a red Corvette, a blue lake, a pink flamingo. Yet despite this popular notion, new research suggests that our perception ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 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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Neuroimaging suggests that truthfulness requires no act of will for honest people
A new study of the cognitive processes involved with honesty suggests that truthfulness depends more on absence of temptation than active resistance to temptation.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Brain's center for perceiving 3-D motion is identified (w/ Video)
Ducking a punch or a thrown spear calls for the power of the human brain to process 3-D motion, and to perceive an object (whether it's offensive or not) moving in three dimensions is critical to survival. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 21, 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 develop light-treatment device to improve sleep quality in the elderly
Sleep disturbances increase as we age. Some studies report more than half of seniors 65 years of age or older suffer from chronic sleep disturbances. Researchers have long believed that the sleep disturbances ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 29, 2009 |
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What drives brain changes in macular degeneration?
In macular degeneration, the most common form of adult blindness, patients progressively lose vision in the center of their visual field, thereby depriving the corresponding part of the visual cortex of input. Previously, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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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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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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Familiar and newly learned words are processed by the same neural networks in the brain
Our vocabulary continues to grow and expand even in adulthood. Just ten years ago, the word 'blog' did not yet exist - and now we no longer remember when we heard this word for the first time or when we learned its meaning. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 28, 2009 |
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