Search results for mirror neurons

Optics & Photonics Aug 15, 2024

Enhanced two-photon microscopy method could reveal insights into neural dynamics and neurological diseases

Researchers have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope that captures high-speed images of neural activity at cellular resolution. By imaging much faster and with less harm to brain tissue than traditional two-photon ...

General Physics Apr 25, 2024

First experimental proof for brain-like computer with water and salt

Theoretical physicists at Utrecht University, together with experimental physicists at Sogang University in South Korea, have succeeded in building an artificial synapse. This synapse works with water and salt and provides ...

Plants & Animals Mar 27, 2024

Research uncovers the neural pathways for primate reciprocity, social support, and empathy

Social interaction is key to survival and reproductive success in primates, including humans. Optimizing outcomes from these encounters requires a calculated approach to cooperation and competition—knowing whom to trust, ...

Plants & Animals Mar 6, 2024

What makes birds so smart?

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explain how it is possible for the small brains of pigeons, parrots and corvids to perform equally well as those of mammals, despite their significant differences.

Optics & Photonics Feb 29, 2024

Ultra-compact head-mounted fluorescence microscopes for neuroscience studies

Research groups led by Prof. Bi Guoqiang, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Prof. Zhou Pengcheng from Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of Chinese Academy of Chinese proposed a design for ...

Plants & Animals Dec 5, 2023

Mice pass the mirror test, a classic indicator of self-recognition

Researchers report December 5 in the journal Neuron that mice display behavior that resembles self-recognition when they see themselves in the mirror. When the researchers marked the foreheads of black-furred mice with a ...

Molecular & Computational biology Dec 1, 2023

Can artificial intelligence improve life science? As much as life science can improve AI, researchers say

Artificial intelligence (AI) may attempt to mimic the human brain, but it has yet to fully grasp the complexity of what it means to be human. While it may not truly understand feelings or original creativity, it can help ...

Biotechnology Oct 30, 2023

Controlling organoids with light by combining spatial transcriptomics with optogenetics

They look like storm clouds that could fit on the head of a pin: Organoids are three-dimensional cell cultures that play a key role in medical and clinical research. This is thanks to their ability to replicate tissue structures ...

Plants & Animals Oct 30, 2023

Fruit fly study sheds light on how organisms regulate feeding/fasting cycles

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used fruit flies to study how daily eating patterns are regulated. They found that the quasimodo (qsm) gene helped sync feeding to light/dark cycles, but not in constant ...

Plants & Animals Aug 20, 2023

Ultrasound can briefly induce a hibernation-like state in animals

Science fiction has long described sophisticated technology that can temporarily put humans into a suspended state, permitting characters to awaken far into the future, often after extended journeys through space. In reality, ...

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