A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has shown that an extra copy of a brain-development gene, which appeared in our…
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March 2012
Sensory orientation
Presented to the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies…
BlogSensory orientation1 FavoriteNeuroscientists Identify How the Brain Works
If you are looking for a particular object -- say a yellow pencil -- on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate…
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September 2011
Neuroscientists Identify How the Brain Rememb
New York University neuroscientists have identified the parts of the brain we use to remember the timing of events within an episode. The study, which appears in the…
BlogNeuroscientists Identify How the Brain Rememb4 FavoritesHow the Brain Stores Information for Short PeFreiburg biologist Dr. Aristides Arrenberg and his American colleagues studied mechanisms used by the brain to store information for a short period of time. The cells of several neural…BlogHow the Brain Stores Information for Short Pe3 Favorites