Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help
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How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?
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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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Stem cells, which are believed to hold great medical promise, also play a lead role in fuelling the formation and growth of brain tumours.
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Why does that brain sometimes turn loved-ones into strangers?
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Oh, it brings such blessed relief and now scientists can tell you why -- scratching an itch temporarily shuts off areas in the brain linked with unpleasant feelings and memories.
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Functional MRI is helping researchers reveal how the human brain operates and the ways in which it affects emotion and reason. By Rowan Hooper.
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There are biological brain differences that mark out psychopaths from other people, scientists say.
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A device that reads electricity radiated by the brain and translates it into action has been developed by scientists at the New York State Department of Health and the State University of New York.
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The sensation of being mimicked by someone close behind&#151;an effect suffered by some schizophrenics&#151;has been reproduced in the lab, offering new clues to how the brain works.
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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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Scientists use the latest cell staining techniques to create a colourful "brainbow" of the tissues of the brain.
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The same structure of the brain that makes people fearful is also critical in helping overcome fears, researchers have found in a study that may help guide new treatments of some mental illnesses.
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Researchers working with slices of rat brains come up with a microchip that mimics the part of the brain responsible for creating memories. They hope to create a prosthesis for the human brain within 15 years. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Manchester scientists pinpoint a part of the brain they think plays a major role in understanding concepts.
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The areas of the brain involved in learning fears have been known, but new research now identifies the areas involved in extinguishing those fears.
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Scientists say they have found the brain regions that help us to decide whether to look someone in the eye or look away.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.