Scientists harness mysteries of the brain
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A young woman, confined to a wheelchair, is told to think about moving another wheelchair in front of her, first to the left and then forward.
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Researchers coax cells in a petri dish into learning to guide a plane. The project should lead to a better understanding of how the brain works. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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It has been billed as one of the most massive information-crunching, gigabyte-gobbling research endeavors in history -- which might explain why after a year&#39;s work, scientists have gotten through only about one-tenth of a mouse&#39;s brain.
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Scientists believe they have located the part of the brain where people&#39;s dreams are created. A team from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, made the discovery after treating a woman who stopped dreaming after she had a stroke.
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A genetic mutation can trigger learning difficulties by changing the way brain cells communicate with each other, research shows.
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At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no inkling that scientists in the next room are trying to read their minds &#151; using a brain scan to figure out their intention before it is turned into action.
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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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The mystery of how we read a sentence is unlocked by scientists.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to dampen down the impact of bad memories in people's brains.
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Brain scans can detect changes in grey matter, which could help doctors predict illnesses such as schizophrenia, British researchers said.
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Scientists say they have identified faulty brain waves that may explain the symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Scientists have grown a "brain" in a petri dish that can fly a simulated F-22 fighter airplane. It's all part of a quest to build "living" computers.
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Having a sound sleep after cramming for exams consolidates that learning, a new research has revealed. Neurologist Philippe Peigneux and his colleagues analysed brain activity in sleeping volunteers and found
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Scientists produce compelling evidence that autism may in some cases be linked to inflammation of the brain.
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Turning specific cells on and off in fly brains can help researchers understand how individual parts of a complex system affect the whole animal.
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Electrical stimulation of areas deep within the brain could lead to improved memory, research suggests.
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Researchers have found a 'bottleneck' in the brain that appears to explain why we struggle to do two things at once.