Mapping the Most Complex Structure in the Universe: Your Brain
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An elite group of researchers wants to create a map of how your brain is wired. To do it, they've built a custom robot that peels 3-D brains like an apple, and pushes the resulting brain "tape" through an electron microscope.
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A mechanism in the brain may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity.
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Imaging the brain during social interaction reveals a deficit that may be tied to a sense of self.
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Anisotropy--there's a word you don't hear everyday
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With 6,000 characters to memorize, Westerners shudder at the idea reading even the most basic street signs and instructions in Chinese. A new set of brain images shows why: Reading English-style alphabets and Chinese characters use very different parts of the brain...
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UK physicists finish a crucial element of a device that will probe the forces that shape our Universe.
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Cocaine users&#39; brains have a different structure which could affect their ability to judge the consequences of their actions, a study suggests.
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Neuroscientists use coral and jellyfish DNA to create colorful arrays of neuronal connections in mouse brains.
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The insula is a long-neglected brain region that has emerged as crucial to understanding what it feels like to be human.
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Scientists have obtained their best measurement yet of the size and contents of a neutron star, an ultra-dense object containing the strangest and rarest matter in the Universe.
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Brain imaging with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) could one day prove more accurate than the polygraph in identifying people who are lying, according to a study presented Nov.
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The mystery of how we read a sentence is unlocked by scientists.
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New recordings of electrical activity in the brain may explain a major part of its function, including how it consolidates daily memories and why it needs to dream.
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An international team of astronomers has obtained the clearest images yet of the merger of two distant clusters of galaxies, calling it one of the most powerful cosmic events ever witnessed.
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Microscopic imaging techniques have enabled scientists to delve deep into the brain of a living animal to see how visual circuitry works.
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Despite the great progress being made in neuroscience, we still donât have a clear picture of the brain mechanisms underlying most mental illnesses.
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Scientists have completed a detailed genetic map of the mouse brain that they hope will spur new insights into how the brain works and what happens when it breaks down.