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'Chatter Box' computer will unravel the science of language

Callier Library wrote 3 weeks ago: from EurekAlert.org Scientists are to use a powerful super computer to mimic the part of the brain … more »

Tags: Language Development, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain activity can reveal a person's mother tongue, researchers say

Callier Library wrote 1 month ago: from MedBroadcast.com ROME - No one can read our thoughts, for now, but some scientists believe th … more »

Tags: language

Inca Brain Surgery

saij wrote 1 month ago: No Anesthetics! More at Neurophilosophy: Andrushko and Verano argue that the Incas performed trepan … more »

Tags: History, Science, inca, Neurosurgery, Prehistoric

Are we only using 10% of our brains?2 comments

Ken Currier wrote 2 months ago: If that’s true then help me find the other 90%. Or maybe that’s a myth. This is an idea that goe … more »

Tags: Mental Stimulation, health, Neurology, Brain games, Learning, Memory, brain, Neurons, Phrenology

The Social Brain Hypothesis: Are our brains hardwired to deal with social hierarchies?7 comments

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 2 months ago: Almost all primates live in groups with an observable and definable social hierarchy, and humans are … more »

Tags: Physical Anthropology, Blog, Human Evolution, Culture, Genetics, SNP, neurobiology, Neuroscience, fMRI

Grid cells

vicent.teruel wrote 4 months ago: A grid cell is a type of neuron found in the entorhinal cortex (EC) that fires strongly when an anim … more »

Large-scale thalamocortical model

vicent.teruel wrote 4 months ago: While the Blue Brain folk want to construct an incredibly detailed model of a single cortical column … more »

How cholinergic modulation changes cortical circuits

vicent.teruel wrote 4 months ago: Nature: A synaptic memory trace for cortical receptive field plasticity Froemke RC, Merzenich MM, Sc … more »

Stress Relieve And Alcoholism1 comment

huehueteotl wrote 4 months ago: A molecular brain structure that underlies feelings of stress and anxiety shows promise as a new th … more »

Tags: Neuroscience, Addiction, Cell Biology, Alcoholism

am wrote 4 months ago: the dynamics of newly synthesized AMPA receptors induced with learning http://www.sciencemag.org/cg … more »

Tags: ltp-ltd, Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity

am wrote 4 months ago: Stimulating one brain cell can be enough to change behaviour. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/07121 … more »

Tags: vlsn

am wrote 4 months ago: Neurophysiology journal club http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/201/gradread.html … more »

Tags: E-Libraries

Hypoalgesia and The Neurophysiology of Pain

Derek wrote 4 months ago: Pain is a big deal, just ask anyone who has it or treats it.  There are as many theories about pai … more »

Tags: Interventions, Pain, Research, hypoalgesia, Manipulation, nerve fibers, Physical Therapy

Neural Basis Of 'Number Sense' In Young Infants

huehueteotl wrote 4 months ago: Behavioral experiments indicate that infants aged 4½ months or older possess an early “number … more »

Tags: Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognition, brain, Learning, Cognitive Science, Information processing

am wrote 4 months ago:    on the role of parieto-frontal cortical areas in tool making: Stout D, Chaminade T. … more »

Tags: Cognition, imitation

Seasonal Changes in Mood and Behavior Are Linked to Obesity

huehueteotl wrote 5 months ago: Obesity is a public health problem worldwide, officials even using the term of an obesity epidemic. … more »

Tags: Natural Sciences / Technology, Neuroscience, obesity, Endocrinology, Nutrition, Molecular Biology, Metabolic syndrome

Obesity Wired In The Brain?

huehueteotl wrote 5 months ago: A predisposition for obesity might be wired into the brain from the start, suggests a new study of r … more »

Tags: Neuroscience, obesity, Genetics, Leptin

am wrote 5 months ago: H.Bekkering on visual-motor link: Bekkering, H., Neggers, S.F.W. (2002). “Visual search is mo … more »

Tags: Cognition, motor control

am wrote 5 months ago: self-observations of epileptic patient: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=436298&cid= … more »

Tags: Cognition