Construction of neuroscience building perseveres despite pandemic On 2021-10-29 COVID-19’s global wrath began to intensify in early 2020, just as Washington University in St. Louis was scheduled to break […]
Creation of new brain cells plays an underappreciated role in Alzheimer’s disease On 2019-09-01 Much of the research on the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease focuses on amyloid beta (Aß), a protein that accumulates […]
Pores for thought: Ion channel study beckons first whole-brain simulation: Blue Brain Project’s ‘Channelpedia’ is open to brain modellers and pharmacologists everywhere On 2019-08-19 Pores at the surface of neurons and muscle cells control your every thought, movement; the very beating of your heart. […]
Pupillary response to glare illusions of different colors: A blue glare illusion was perceived to be brightest and caused larger pupil constriction On 2019-08-08 The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology formed a research team with the University of […]
What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like: Some people seem to have an answer to every general knowledge question; why? On 2019-07-31 The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired. This was shown by neuroscientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum […]
New pathways for sensory learning in the brain: Automated, robotic training device advances neuroscience research On 2019-07-18 We’ve all heard the saying that individuals learn at their own pace. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an […]
How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at: Study finds that the relationship of ‘distributed circuit’ components scales across species On 2019-07-18 The world is filled with millions upon millions of distinct smells, but how mammals’ brains evolved to tell them apart […]
Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape: Study reveals how the brain processes the external world using overlapping visual circuits On 2019-07-02 There are hundreds of thousands of distinct colors and shapes that a person can distinguish visually, but how does the […]
Step towards light-based, brain-like computing chip On 2019-05-09 A technology that functions like a brain? In these times of artificial intelligence, this no longer seems so far-fetched — […]
Brain imaging lie detector can be beaten with simple techniques On 2019-05-06 People have certain physical ‘tells’ when they conceal information — and studies show that good liars can prevent these ‘tells’ […]