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That bossy GPS voice isn't actually necessary for navigating
New research suggests our brains update an internal 'cognitive map' when the environment changes
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Neuroscience
McGill University
Massive Science Report № 2
Join five scientists as they explain the research behind new psychedelic treatments for mental illnesses
People ask about my experiments on mice. The answers are … complicated
Behind most breakthroughs is animal research. Let's stop pretending otherwise
Neuroscience
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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The beautiful merger of art and science that inspired generations of neuroscientists
"Perhaps only an artist's eye could have seen so much in a slice of brain"
Computational Neuroscience
Artificial intelligence isn't a 'black box.' It's a key to studying the brain
Algorithms can help us see how our unconscious processes work – if we understand their language
Neuroscience
Stanford University
Scientists have learned to grow brain tissue to 100x (just add water)
A new technique to expand cells seems like science fiction: it lets researchers bypass laws of microscope physics
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Cell Biology
Carnegie Mellon University
How machine learning is helping neuroscientists understand the brain
An expert argues that neuroscience is using the wrong metaphors
Neuroscience
Stanford University
Can we reverse the effects of drugs on developing brains?
These researchers are trying to find out
Neuroscience
McGill University
International collaboration is the best way to understand the complexities of the brain
Why neuroscientists are creating their own CERN to understand the mind together
Developmental Biology
UC Berkeley
The psychedelic renaissance is here. Will it last this time?
To avoid the mistakes of the past, scientists and society need to open their minds
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Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Does modern neuroscience really help us understand behavior?
Two experts argue that the field needs to move beyond its limited roots
Comparative Neuroscience
Champalimaud Foundation
Neuroscience
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
1 peer comment
We're beginning to understand why spinal cord tissue is so hard to heal
A group of recent findings may eventually pave the way for better treatments
Neuroscience
McGill University
2 peer comments
How does the developing brain learn to perceive the world before it can see it?
Our eyes work when we're born, even though they've never been exposed to light
Developmental Biology
UC Berkeley
3 peer comments
Can MDMA help people with autism overcome social anxiety?
An expert lays out a cautiously optimistic case for using the psychedelic in therapy
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Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Here's what happened when researchers raised monkeys who never saw a face
We may not be hardwired to recognize faces after all
Neuroscience
Stanford University
2 peer comments
How shaving mice led to an accidental discovery about our sense of touch
We're gonna need more shaving cream
Cell Biology
Carnegie Mellon University
3 peer comments
Here's what happens to hamster brains when they don't get enough play
Play might be more important for brain development than we thought
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Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Tennessee
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Want to learn how brains go awry? First, we must learn how they work
We set out to make neurons deep in the brain glow bright so we could see their role in vision
Neuroscience
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
How scientists are mapping the brain networks that connect our childhoods to everyday behaviors
It's shining a light on the complex origins of mental illness.
Neuroscience
Northeastern University
Will it ever be possible to measure subjective experience?
A animated journey into the questions of consciousness posed by Christof Koch and David Chalmers
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Dreaming and wakefulness are two ways of being yourself
The definition of consciousness is harder to pin down than you might think, argues cognitive neuroscientist Elizaveta Solomonova.
Neuroscientists proved the brain regenerates. Now they’re trying to figure out how.
Defying common knowledge lead us to a theory of neurogenesis.
Neurons die with grace
Neuroscientist Emily Lowry’s ongoing research on how and why nerve cells die has implications for Alzheimer’s, ALS and beyond.
