Click Here to Read: In the Mind’s Eye: Fusing Neuroscience, Economics and Psychology to Learn How People Make Decisions on the Knowledge@Wharton website on April 05, 2011.
Category: Science News
New Alzheimer’s Genes Found
Click Here to Read: New Alzheimer’s Genes Found: Gigantic Scientific Effort Discovers Clues to Treatment, Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease By Daniel J. DeNoon, Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MDm on the WebMD Health News website on April 3, 2011.
The Brain Is Not an Explanation
Study of How Brain Corrects Perceptual Errors Has Implications for Brain Injuries, Robotics
Click Here to Read: Study of How Brain Corrects Perceptual Errors Has Implications for Brain Injuries, Robotics on the Sciene Daily website on March 23, 2011.
Brain molecules linked to long-term memories discovered
Click Here to Read: Brain molecules linked to long-term memories discovered on the Sify.com website.
Are experts born or made? A bit of both, study shows
Motors on a mission
‘Can you hear me now?’ Researchers detail how neurons decide how to transmit information
Click Here to Read: ‘Can you hear me now?’ Researchers detail how neurons decide how to transmit information. Press Release on the Eureka Alerts website on March 25, 2011.
Inhibitory circuits in the olfactory bulb use a novel, time-scale dependent strategy to mediate how neurons choose between encoding and propagating information.
Researchers unlock new secret to how smells are detected
Click Here to Read: Researchers unlock new secret to how smells are detected. Press Release on the Eureka Alert website on March 25, 2011.
As Little Girls and Boys Grow, They Think Alike
Click Here to Read: As Little Girls and Boys Grow, They Think Alike by Avery Johnson in the Wall Street Journal on March 22, 2011.
Scientists combined MRIs of a girl and a boy brain. Blue shows where the two differ most, purple is a little different, and white virtually the same. At age 10, differences dominate. Similarities increase over time.