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AI Helps Scientists Understand Brain Activity Behind Thoughts
NewsA team has developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that help them better understand the brain computations that underlie thoughts. This is new, because until now there has been no method to measure thoughts.
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Memory "Fingerprints" Reveal How the Brain Is Organized
News Nov 23, 2020New research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity and quantified.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Must Include Prison Populations, Study Says
News Nov 20, 2020Preventing serious complications from COVID-19 in potentially vulnerable populations in high risk environments, such as prisons, and preventing spread to surrounding communities needs a coordinated evidence-based approach to managing outbreaks of COVID-19 in prison settings.
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Alone, Together: How Socializing and Going Solo Build Our Sense of Self
News Nov 20, 2020Findings from a new Bar-Ilan University study reveal the intricacies of people's experiences in these basic social conditions.
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An Ultrathin Pressure Sensor At Your Fingertips
News Nov 20, 2020Researchers have developed an ultrathin pressure sensor that can be attached directly to the skin.
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Order, Odor: Proposing a Framework for Smell
News Nov 20, 2020Fragrances - promising mystery, intrigue and forbidden thrills - are blended by master perfumers, their recipes kept secret. In a new study on the sense of smell, researchers have managed to strip much of the mystery from even complex blends of odorants, not by uncovering their secret ingredients, but by recording and mapping how they are perceived.
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High Blood Pressure Drug Helps Fight Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
News Nov 20, 2020A drug once used to treat high blood pressure can help alcoholics with withdrawal symptoms reduce or eliminate their drinking.
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Why Taking Out the (Cellular) Trash Keeps the Brain Healthy
News Nov 20, 2020A research team have found that Wipi3, a protein involved in cellular waste disposal, is crucial for neuronal health.
How a Brain Protein Helps Pancreatic Cancer Cells Survive
News Nov 20, 2020A recent discovery has lead to promising potential treatments for pancreatic cancer.
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State-of-the-Art Wireless Chip Advances Brain Stimulation Research
News Nov 19, 2020Researchers have developed a chip that is powered wirelessly and can be surgically implanted to read neural signals and stimulate the brain with both light and electrical current. The technology has been demonstrated successfully in rats and is designed for use as a research tool.
How Can COVID-19 Injure the Brain? Spectroscopy Study Takes a Long Look
News Nov 19, 2020One of the first spectroscopic imaging-based studies of neurological injury in COVID-19 patients has been reported by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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