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.