A new study by UCLA psychologists reveals that when VR is used to teach language, context and realism matter.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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By measuring the brain activity of bats, scientists are learning how mammals keep track of everyone in their social circles.
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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Researchers can predict what syllables a bird will sing—and when it will sing them—by reading electrical signals in its brain, reports a new study from the University of California San Diego.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 23, 2021
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Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as "sit" and "stay," but also to words referring to their favorite objects. "Bring me your ball" will often result in exactly that.
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2024
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For the first time, researchers in the lab of CSHL Professor Hiro Furukawa have been able to track each atom in the NMDA receptor, an important brain protein, as it transmits or inhibits neural signals. Critical for brain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 30, 2020
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Researchers from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have developed a mathematical model of the brain's neural circuitry that may provide a better understanding of how and why information ...
Mathematics
Sep 27, 2011
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In the Old West, camps sent smoke signals across distances to share key developments or strategy. Likewise, two important signaling molecules communicate across nerve cells to regulate electrical and chemical activity, neuroscientists ...
Biochemistry
Jan 7, 2011
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The first computers cost millions of dollars and were locked inside rooms equipped with special electrical circuits and air conditioning. The only people who could use them had been trained to write programs in that specific ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 20, 2016
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An international team of bee researchers involving Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has integrated a calcium sensor into honey bees to enable the study of neural information processing including response to odors. ...
Ecology
Mar 3, 2023
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Using brain scans to see what a person is thinking? There's still a long way to go, but technologies for 'reading' the mind are developing fast. Could the use of such technology create privacy concerns? Giulio Mecacci and ...
Other
Dec 18, 2017
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