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Researchers control brain circuits from a distance using infrared light
Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Guosong Hong and colleagues have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance. The tool gives ne...
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Brain regions linked to empathy bigger in monkeys with more friends
A study of free-ranging rhesus macaques found that those with more social partners had bigger brain areas involved in social decision-making and empathy
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Human Brain Compresses Working Memories into Low-Res ‘Summaries’
You have probably done it already a few times today. Paused to remember a password, a shopping list, a phone number, or maybe the score to last night’s ballgame. The ability to store and recall nee…
The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages
In a city where diplomats and embassies abound, where interpreters can command six-figure salaries, where language proficiency is résumé rocket fuel, Vaughn Smith was a savant with a sec
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Decoding Brain Signals to Control a Robotic Arm
Advanced brain-machine interface system successfully interprets arm movement directions from neural signals in the brain
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"Our dream was to invent a window into the brain, so we could see what happens inside when we're thinking, planning, feeling, and remembering," says Professor May-Britt Moser, describing conversations... View More
An open-source miniature brain microscope
“Our dream was to invent a window into the brain, so we could see what happens inside when we’re thinking, planning, feeling, and remembering,” says Professor May-Britt Moser, describing conversations...
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A short video about non-invasive BCI research on Rice University.
Wireless linkage of brains may soon go to human testing
#neuroengineering #engineering #researchWireless communication directly between brains is one step closer to reality thanks to $8 million in Department of De...
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We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team is the first in the world to translat... View More
Pig grunts reveal their emotions
We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team of researchers is the first in the wo...
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Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have created artificial organic neurons and synapses that can integrate with natural biological systems. The artificial neurons operate with the same ion ... View More
Artificial neurons connect to biological ones to control living plants
Nature is a never-ending source of inspiration for scientists, but our artificial devices usually don’t communicate well with the real thing. Now, researchers at Linköping University have created arti...
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Rats can estimate their timing accuracy
Thanks to their capacity for introspection, human beings are able to estimate the duration of their actions. When they perform a task—especially a time-based task—they can evaluate their performance a...
