Scientists use optogenetics to find ‘lost’ memories
Memories that have been "lost" as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. In...
Read moreMemories that have been "lost" as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. In...
Read moreMany years of research have shown that for students from lower-income families, standardized test scores and other measures of academic...
Read moreSay you're out shopping for basic household goods -- perhaps orange juice and soup. Or light bulbs. Or diapers for...
Read moreOur brains generate a constant hum of activity: As neurons fire, they produce brain waves that oscillate at different frequencies....
Read moreOur susceptibility to disease depends both on the genes that we inherit from our parents and on our lifetime experiences....
Read moreBeginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved...
Read moreFor decades, neuroscientists have been trying to design computer networks that can mimic visual skills such as recognizing objects, which...
Read moreNeuroscientists have found that a gene mutation that arose more than half a million years ago may be key to...
Read moreWhen it comes to learning languages, adults and children have different strengths. Adults excel at absorbing the vocabulary needed to...
Read moreAmerican children learn the meanings of number words gradually: First they understand “one,” then they add “two, “three,” and “four,”...
Read moreThe human mind can rapidly absorb and analyze new information as it flits from thought to thought. These quickly changing...
Read moreAbout 11 percent of school-age children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While...
Read moreResearchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains...
Read moreLaunched in 2013, the national BRAIN Initiative aims to revolutionize our understanding of cognition by mapping the activity of every...
Read moreSuppose you heard the sound of skidding tires, followed by a car crash. The next time you heard such a...
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