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Why some animals can know more from less
However, phylogeny can only tell scientists so much. The team wondered if the difference might have something to do with…
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When Minds Combine Machines, Who’s in Control?
Last I saw my friend James at the townie bar near our old high school. He’d been working in the…
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These lemurs have rhythm. Scientists have questions
Indri is a lemur, a primate with opposite thumbs; a short tail; and round, tufted, teddy bear-like ears. They share…
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A genetically modified jellyfish gives a glimpse of another thought
We owe a lot Our understanding of how memory works in the brain for an unassuming sea slug is called…
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Your brain is an energy efficient ‘prediction machine’
How our brains, a 3-pound mass of tissue encased in a bony skull, creating perception from sensations has been an…
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Can A Digital Reality Enter Your Brain Directly?
first. A young man in a gray flannel robe, sat calmly before a table, in front of a marvelous black…
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Researchers want to restore ‘good noise’ in older brains
To eavesdrop brain, one of the best tools neuroscientists have is the fMRI scanner, which helps to map blood flow,…
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How do toddlers think? A new kind of brain scan is helping us find out
Technological advances imply that we are able to lastly sort out an age-old query: what is going on on within…
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