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Neural Circuits
Researchers built a model that behaves like a brain. Without being trained on neural data, the model produced a peculiar signal — one that was later discovered in actual brain activity.
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Your brain changes when you experience something, and it changes again when you remember it. Two neuroscientists explain what that means for memory, perception, and identity.
Unlikely Collaborators
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
Music and sounds only seem to reduce pain in mice when played at a specific volume.
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Having trouble learning? A PhD engineering professor gives you one key tip.
John Templeton Foundation
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
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It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.
Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it's an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
Humanity's most advanced tech still hasn’t unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Can brain scans show us how we store memories?
The scientists are headed "straight to the FDA" to begin human trials.