Using MRI scans and computer modeling, scientists say they have further pinpointed areas of the human brain that regulate efforts to deal with fatigue. …read more Source:: Science
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Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brain
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•Neuroengineers have found the first evidence that individual neurons in the human brain target specific memories during recall. They studied recordings in neurosurgical patients who had electrodes implanted in their …read more Source:: Science
Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed
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•Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of computations in the brain. …read more Source:: Science
Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch
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•Results of a study involving primates suggest that speech and music may have shaped the human brain’s hearing circuits. …read more Source:: Science
Can artificial intelligence tell a teapot from a golf ball?
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•How smart is the form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning computer networks, and how closely do these machines mimic the human brain? They have improved greatly in recent …read more Source:: Science
Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power
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•Neuroscientists have discovered that human dendrites have very different electrical properties from those of other species. These differences may contribute to the enhanced computing power of the human brain. …read more Source:: Science
Neuroscientists improve human memory by electrically stimulating brain
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•Neuroscientists have discovered precisely where and how to electrically stimulate the human brain to enhance people’s recollection of distinct memories. …read more Source:: Science
‘Mind-reading’ brain-decoding tech
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•Researchers have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is seeing by using artificial intelligence to interpret fMRI scans from people watching videos, representing a sort of mind-reading technology. …read more Source:: Science
First evidence of the body’s waste system in the human brain discovered
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•By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body’s sewer system. The results …read more Source:: Science
Small group of cells within a plant embryo operate in similar way to the human brain
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•A new study has revealed a group of cells that function as a ‘brain’ for plant embryos capable of assessing environmental conditions and dictating when seeds will germinate. …read more Source:: Science