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Brain imaging shows that premature babies process speech in similar ways to adults. 
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Remarcable findings: "linguistic connections inside the cortex are already “present and functional” even before birth! - To know more about our languages services please visit: http://www.veritaslanguagesolutions.com/language/ Delete the scoop?
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The scientist who has given a “sixth sense” to laboratory animals by allowing them to detect invisible infrared light has promised an even bigger revolution in the research field he has pioneered. Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian neuroscientist working at Duke University in the United States, said that he has created a way of allowing animals to communicate with each other through artificial aids connected directly to their brains. Via Szabolcs Kósa Delete the scoop?
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The brain has a genetic source of violent behavior, says a German neurologist. Delete the scoop?
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Several high-profile projects that aim to replicate the processes of the human brain have recently received enormous grants. Still, completing the projects is not the ultimate goal, say researchers. Delete the scoop?
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A growing body of work shows that the brain has different systems and mechanisms to respond to certain kinds of threats and physiological changes in the body Delete the scoop?
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The team at Gallant Lab at UC Berkley has been looking at how the brain processes and maps words/subject/objects. (Their recently published paper in Neuron) The result is a fascinating look into the workings of the brain and yet more evidence that we have only barely begun to uncover the mysteries of the mind at work. Delete the scoop?
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Here we describe an open online resource, the Allen Human Brain Atlas, which puts comprehensive, standardized data from multiple entire human brains into the hands of the global research community, along with tools for mining and making sense of that data. This resource opens new avenues for advancing research programs across disciplines that share an interest in the human brain—from neuroscience research programs based on functional MRI (fMRI) or neuropharmacology, for example, to comparative evolutionary studies and human genetics. The Allen Human Brain Atlas is a multimodal atlas of gene expression and anatomy comprising a comprehensive “all genes, all structures” array-based dataset of gene expression and complementary in situ hybridization (ISH) studies targeting selected genes in specific brain regions. All data are publicly available online (www.brain-map.org) along with a suite of integrated data visualization and mining tools that enable scientists to uncover connections between structure, function, and the brain's underlying biochemistry. See more on http://www.brain-map.org/
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How our modular brains lead us to deny and distort evidence
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There is no unified “self” that generates internally consistent and seamlessly coherent beliefs devoid of conflict. Instead we are a collection of distinct but interacting modules often at odds with one another. Delete the scoop?
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Researchers from Claremont Graduate University (CGU's) Center for Neuroeconomic Studies have discovered evidence to suggest that coupons can help make shoppers happy and relaxed. Delete the scoop?
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A team at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the brain is wired to put in order all the categories of objects and actions that we see. Delete the scoop?
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Placebo, the positive effect of a drug that lacks any beneficial ingredients, has been researched for centuries but remain a mystery for psychologists and neuroscientists alike.
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Another computer is setting its wits to perform human tasks. But this computer is different. Delete the scoop?
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Engineers have improved on the original and groundbreaking brain-computer interface by creating a wireless device that has successfully been implanted into the brains of monkeys and pigs. Delete the scoop?
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Can we use our brains to directly control machines -- without requiring a body as the middleman? Miguel Nicolelis talks through an astonishing experiment, in which a clever monkey in the US learns to control a monkey avatar, and then a robot arm in Japan, purely with its thoughts. The research has big implications for quadraplegic people -- and maybe for all of us. (Filmed at TEDMED 2012.) Delete the scoop?
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For years, Henry Markram has claimed that he can simulate the human brain in a computer within a decade. On 23 January 2013, the European Commission told him to prove it. His ambitious Human Brain Project (HBP) won one of two ceiling-shattering grants from the EC to the tune of a billion euros, ending a two-year contest against several other grandiose projects. Can he now deliver? Is it even possible to build a computer simulation of the most powerful computer in the world—the 1.4-kg cluster of 86 billion neurons that sits inside our skulls? Delete the scoop?
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Every person thinks and acts a little differently than the other 7 billion on the planet. Scientists now say that variations in brain connections account for much of this individuality, and they’ve narrowed it down to a few specific regions of the brain. This might help us better understand the evolution of the human brain as well as its development in individuals Delete the scoop?
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Allan Jones joined the Allen Institute in 2003 to help start up the organization as one of its first employees. Bringing extensive expertise in project leade... Delete the scoop?
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Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children's brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and math. Delete the scoop?
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An 81-year-old Englishman woke up after having suffered from a stroke speaking only Welsh. Delete the scoop?
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Monkeys might not be known for their generosity, but when they do seem to act selflessly, a specific area in their brains keeps track of these kindnesses.
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Using Hollywood movie trailers, UC Berkeley researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people's dynamic visual experiences.
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Alex Huth, first author of our new paper, talks about how visual information about thousands of objects and actions are represented across human visual cortex. For more information, please visit our web site (gallantlab.org) or get the paper: Huth, A.G., S. Nishimoto, A.T. Vu & J.L. Gallant (2012). A continuous semantic space describes representation of thousands of object and action categories across the human brain. Neuron, December 20 2012.
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Here are some scenes of what the brain looked like to scientists long ago and today. Via Flavio Bernardotti Delete the scoop?
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Activity in a particular part of our brains while listening to new music reveals whether we enjoy the tune, and even how much we’d be willing to pay to hear it again.