Neuroscience
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Brains and Storms
October 23, 2009
A pair of elegant experiments delve deep into the brains of animals, while a pair of authors stir up a storm over their take on global warming.
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Heads Up
October 09, 2009
As the Nobels are awarded, President Obama and friends grab their telescopes and head injuries to athletes go under the microscope.
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The One that Got Away
September 25, 2009
A dead fish has caused a stink over false positives in fMRI studies, and while gloom and doom reign at UN climate talks, renting a movie you actually like has never been easier.
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This Image Is Not Moving
September 16, 2009
Optical illusions may seem to deceive, but they actually reveal truths about how our brains construct reality.
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Mapping the Brain’s Highways
August 11, 2009
Neuroscientists are mapping out a complete atlas of connectivity in the human brain, but what’s emerging is a battle of scales.
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Not So Fast
August 11, 2009
The NIH aims to map the connectivity of the human brain in five years. But a definitive atlas of the brain will remain out of our grasp for a long time.
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Ants and Neurons
July 23, 2009
Insect colonies offer insight into the mysterious conversations of neurons, illuminating how billions of individual brain cells work in concert to make a single decision.
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The Desk of Oliver Sacks
June 16, 2009
A glimpse inside the life and mind of renowned neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, through the lens of his writing desk.
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Bad Memories
June 13, 2009
Eyewitness testimony is both fallible and irreplaceable. How can we know when to trust it?
bias, crime, law, neuroscience
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Light Mind Control
May 18, 2009
Light-sensitive proteins from algae illuminate the brain, providing a more sophisticated view of neural circuitry.
biotechnology, cognition, neuroscience, research, synthetic biology
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What Seashells Tell
May 08, 2009
The growth and pigment of a seashell is controlled by a network of nerve cells. Modeling this process is giving us insight into neural networks and even human memory.
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Creation on Command
May 06, 2009
From Jackson Pollock to John Coltrane — how creativity springs from a choreographed set of mental events.
cognition, intelligence, music, neuroscience, research, theory
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The Synesthesia Census
April 16, 2009
Author and synesthesia expert David Eagleman on subjective realities, the genes behind mixed sensory experiences, and taking stock of the condition that everyone wants.
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Getting Over It
April 01, 2009
Forget about erasing bad memories. Researchers have located the receptor that enables our brains to override or “unlearn” traumatic past experiences.
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The Living Robot
March 26, 2009
Researchers have developed a robot capable of learning and interacting with the world using a biological brain.
complexity, engineering, networks, neuroscience, robotics, technology
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Deciding How to Decide
March 18, 2009
Jonah Lehrer shines light on the black box of decision making, explains the problem with certainty, and discusses the challenges of eavesdropping on the brain.
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Designing the Human Mind
March 02, 2009
[Video] Is it possible to create a complete model of the human brain? Henry Markram explains that it will to take a computer 20,000 times more powerful than any that exists today.
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Voodoo That Scientists Do
February 24, 2009
When findings are debated online, as with a yet to be released paper that calls out the field of social neuroscience, who wins?
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A Hormone to Remember
February 17, 2009
Oxytocin emerges as a key player in our facility for social memory.
cognition, disease, enhancement, medicine, neuroscience, research
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Thinking Meta
February 16, 2009
Good judgment is more than a matter of “gut feeling” — it’s the willingness to reflect on the decision-making process itself.
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