Many modern dolphin brains are significantly larger than those of humans and second in mass to the human brain when corrected for body size, says a scientist. Some dolphin brains exhibit features correlated with complex intelligence, including a large expanse of neocortical volume that is more convoluted than that of humans, extensive insular and cingulated regions, and highly differentiated cell
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February 17, 2010
Human brain electrodes capture the twilight zone
Sleep is a nightmare for neuroscientists but a new study using electrodes implanted deep within the brains of people going about their daily lives has revealed that the brain falls asleep from the inside out, contrary to what was expected.Most neuropsychology studies require people to complete tasks while the brain is being monitored and the technologies that allow passive recording either only m
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February 10, 2010
Locust study promises new insights into limb control
New research into how the brain controls the movements of limbs could prompt major advances in understanding the human brain and the development of prosthetic limbs.
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Human brain uses a grid to represent space
"Grid cells" that act like a spatial map in the brain have been identified for the first time in humans, which may help to explain how we create internal maps of new environments.
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January 8, 2010
Hand Amputation May Result In Altered Perception Around The Hands
The space within reach of our hands - where actions such as grasping and touching occur - is known as the "action space." Research has shown that visual information in this area is organized in hand-centered coordinates - in other words, the representation of objects in the human brain depends on their physical location with respect to the hand...
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December 22, 2009
Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces The Results Of A Phase I PET Study For ITI-007 For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia And Other Psychiatric Disorders
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (ITI) announced at a recent conference on neuropsychiatric diseases the results from a recently completed Phase I clinical study demonstrating ITI-007, the Company's lead antipsychotic drug, interacts with important targets in the living human brain. These key targets are critical to drug action in many neuropsychiatric and related disorders...
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November 26, 2009
Brains Benefit From Multilingualism
For a considerable time already there has been discussion within scientific circles about whether knowing and using multiple languages could possibly have positive effects on the human brain and thinking. There have been a number of international studies on the subject, which indicate that the ability to use more than one language brings an individual a considerable advantage.
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November 18, 2009
Cat brain-based computer: Scientists perform cat-scale cortical simulations and map the human brain
IBM has announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, while rivaling the brain's low power and energy consumption and compact size. Scientists have performed the first near real-time cortical simulation of the brain that exceeds the scale of a cat cortex and contains
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