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Neural Imaging Reveals Secret Conversational Cues
Studying human conversations isn’t a simple challenge. For instance, when humans start to talk to one another in a conversation,…
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A Virtual Social Life Is Possible with Brain-Machine Interfaces
A major goal of the field of neuroprosthetics has focused on improving the lives of paralyzed patients by restoring their…
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Easily Distracted? You Need to Think Like a Medieval Monk
Medieval monks were, in many ways, the original LinkedIn power users. Earnest and with a knack for self-promotion, they loved…
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How Your Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions
Memory and perception seem like entirely distinct experiences, and neuroscientists used to be confident that the brain produced them differently,…
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We may now know how childhood adversity leaves its mark on the brain
Research in mice suggests that a newly identified brain pathway may be the reason childhood adversity increases the risk of…
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Your Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements
A mouse is running on a treadmill embedded in a virtual reality corridor. In its mind’s eye, it sees itself…
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All the Actually Important Stuff Neuralink Just Announced
The most widely tested brain implant is the Utah array—a hard silicon square with 100 tiny protruding needles. Each about…
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For Alzheimer’s Scientists, the Amyloid Debate Has No Easy Answers
Watching the Alzheimer’s research world from the outside over the past two years has felt like a car ride over…
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Sorry, Prey. Black Widows Have Surprisingly Good Memory
Black widows must despise Clint Sergi. While working on his PhD in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sergi spent…
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This Brain Molecule Decides Which Memories Are Happy—or Terrible
Further evidence of this bias comes from the reaction of the mice when they were first put into learning situations.…
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