neuroscience

New Research Shows How Brain Reconstructs Past Events

Posted in Science on 5th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

When remembering something from our past, the entire event can be reactivated in the brain, including incidental information, such as what music may have been playing.

Common drugs affect decisions to harm oneself and others

Posted in Science on 5th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Healthy people given citalopram were willing to pay almost twice as much to prevent harm to themselves or others.

DNA and Light Detect Cancer in the Brain, Head and Neck

Posted in Science on 26th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers have employed an imaging technique that uses safe near-infrared light to differentiate between healthy brain tissue and that which has become cancerous.

Scientists build artificial neurons able to communicate with organic neurons

Posted in Hardware on 26th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

This artificial neuron is capable of mimicking the function of a human nerve and communicate the way as our own neurons do.

Consciousness has less control than believed, according to new theory

Posted in Science on 25th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Consciousness is far less powerful than people believe, serving as a passive conduit rather than exerting control, according to a new theory.