News tagged with neuroscientists
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Whiff of 'love hormone' helps monkeys show a little kindness
Oxytocin, the "love hormone" that builds mother-baby bonds and may help us feel more connected toward one another, can also make surly monkeys treat each other a little more kindly.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects
(PhysOrg.com) -- An essential question confronting neuroscientists and computer vision researchers alike is how objects can be identified by simply "looking" at an image. Introspectively, we know that the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Research raises new questions about animal empathy
The emotions of rats and mice and the mental infrastructure behind them promise to illuminate the nature of human emotions, including empathy and nurturance, a Washington State University neuroscientist writes in this Friday's ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Fast new method for mapping blood vessels may aid cancer research
Like normal tissue, tumors thrive on nutrients carried to them by the blood stream. The rapid growth of new blood vessels is a hallmark of cancer, and studies have shown that preventing blood vessel growth ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Sex segregation in schools detrimental to equality
Students who attend sex-segregated schools are not necessarily better educated than students who attend coeducational schools, but they are more likely to accept gender stereotypes, according to a team of psychologists.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Site seeks feedback from people with disabilities who are interested in science
A new website started at Purdue University is available to people with disabilities and others who study or work in science fields so they can share experiences and suggestions on how to overcome obstacles ...
Aug 12, 2011 |
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What makes an image memorable? We tend to remember pictures of people much better than wide open spaces
Next time you go on vacation, you may want to think twice before shooting hundreds of photos of that scenic mountain or lake.
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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Scientists cultivate human brain's most ubiquitous cell in lab dish
Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system.
May 22, 2011 |
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Digging into our consciousness
Dr. Antonio Damasio, a neuroscientist and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, is best known for his pioneering work on how the brain generates emotion and how emotion, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2011 |
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How to square budget cuts, need for aging research
(AP) -- A disease standoff may be brewing: How can Alzheimer's research receive more scarce dollars without cutting from areas like heart disease or cancer?
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 16, 2011 |
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Lost in translation: Scientist studies the neural origins of speech disorders
It can be heart-wrenching to watch a loved one try to verbally express him- or herself after suffering stroke-induced brain damage known as conduction aphasia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Brain scans reveal differences in brain structure in teenagers with severe antisocial behavior
Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could link to their behaviour problems.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2011 |
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How to leave your body
Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson has demonstrated that the brain's image of the body is negotiable. Applications stretch ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Society for Neuroscience to create BrainFacts.org
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has been awarded $1.53 million in funding over six years to create and maintain BrainFacts.org, a unique nonprofit online source for authoritative public information about the progress and pr ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Neuroscientists find memory storage, reactivation process more complex than previously thought
The process we use to store memories is more complex than previously thought, New York University neuroscientists have found. Their research, which appears in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, unders ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2011 |
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