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Computational Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience: is a branch of neuroscience that employs mathematical models, theoretical analysis and abstractions of the brain to understand principles that govern the development, structure, physiology and cognitive abilities of the nervous system.
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MAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
As a strategy to decrease road accidents caused under the influence of alcohol, a group of young students at the Institu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Technology
For example, short, sharp bursts of air to the area around the thumb, index finger and middle part of the palm generate ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 19, 2015Neuroscience
The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (A ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
By directly recording electrical activity from the human brain, neuroscientists at the Stanford University School of Med ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Greed got you down? Don't fret--growing evidence of how the brain is wired for relationality and prosocial behavior was ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 08, 2015Neuroscience
A color-coded flat map of 1,923 rat cortical association macroconnections ("Architecture of the cerebral cortical associ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Neuroscience
In a version of the classic Prisoner's Dilemma game, two monkeys are each given the opportunity to choose one of two sym ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 05, 2014Neuroscience
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 28, 2014Neuroscience
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, have developed a new program that automate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 23, 2014Plants & Animals
In a study designed by California Institute of Technology researchers and conducted at the Kyoto University Primate Rese ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAY 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
As a strategy to decrease road accidents caused under the influence of alcohol, a group of young students at the Institu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2015
Technology
For example, short, sharp bursts of air to the area around the thumb, index finger and middle part of the palm generate
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (A
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
By directly recording electrical activity from the human brain, neuroscientists at the Stanford University School of Med
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Greed got you down? Don't fret--growing evidence of how the brain is wired for relationality and prosocial behavior was
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
A color-coded flat map of 1,923 rat cortical association macroconnections ("Architecture of the cerebral cortical associ
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Neuroscience
In a version of the classic Prisoner's Dilemma game, two monkeys are each given the opportunity to choose one of two sym
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...
The size of the human brain expan ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2014
Neuroscience
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, have developed a new program that automate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 23, 2014
Plants & Animals
In a study designed by California Institute of Technology researchers and conducted at the Kyoto University Primate Rese
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider