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Neuroscience News: Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory

Posted on November 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory FeaturedNeuroscience November 27, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals how interneurons, brain cells that regulate the firing of other neurons, act as traffic controllers in the hippocampus, a region critical for learning … Continue reading →

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Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered

Posted on November 10, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered FeaturedNeuroscience November 6, 2024 Summary: Astrocytes, non-neuronal brain cells, have been shown to work alongside neurons to store and recall memories, reshaping our understanding of memory mechanisms. Researchers found that specific astrocytes express … Continue reading →

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Tortoise: Daily Sensemaker

Posted on October 11, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

5 of 27,769 Print all In new window The new Nobelity .The new Nobelity Google was celebrating its association with two pairs of Nobel prize winners yesterday, one in chemistry and one in physics. So what? Google isn’t a university or a government … Continue reading →

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Nature (this is just excerpt): Citizen Science could be the way forward especially with AI forging ahead. Comment: 1996/1997 Trinity Horizon Programme (search Trinity Horizon Programme canisgallicus.com), I was one of first 15 participants in research into re-integration into work for women with depression in a Study funded by Horizon, Trinity College Dublin, Dr Margret Fine-Davis and St Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin 8.

Posted on October 8, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Towards a cognitive citizen science Eva Van den Bussche, Kirsten A. Verhaegen, Gethin Hughes & Bert Reynvoet Psychology is slowly embracing citizen science, in which non-professional scientists are actively involved in research. This approach has great potential to inspire research … Continue reading →

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Princeton-led team of neuroscientis has built a complete roadmap through a fruit fly brain video; followed by article from Nature: Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail

Posted on October 4, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

============ sement Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cell. A fruit fly might not be the smartest organism, but scientists … Continue reading →

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Nature: CERN prepares to expel Russian scientists — but won’t completely cut ties. ….”Although JINR’s constitution states that its research must be for peaceful purposes, the lab has close ties with the Russian military, say Grynyov and Tetiana Hryn’ova, a Ukrainian physicist at the French national research agency, CNRS, who works on the ATLAS experiment….”

Posted on September 21, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

CERN prepares to expel Russian scientists — but won’t completely cut ties The laboratory has ended its agreement with the nation, but will continue working with a Russian nuclear-research institute, raising tensions among researchers. Europe’s particle-physics laboratory CERN will expel … Continue reading →

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New Atlas. Surgery-free Neuralink rival enables thought-controlled smart home (Abhimanyu Ghoshal)

Posted on September 19, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Technology Surgery-free Neuralink rival enables thought-controlled smart home By Abhimanyu Ghoshal September 17, 2024 A Synchron trial participant controlling Alexa just by thinking about which interface buttons to press Synchron Neurotech company Synchron has been making massive strides over the past … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience New.com. AI Determines How the Brain Predicts and Processes Thoughts. Comment: Fascinating for me with TBI impact on processing; brocas; aphantasia, bipolar; anxiety, etc, check canisgallicus.com

Posted on September 11, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

AI Determines How the Brain Predicts and Processes Thoughts FeaturedNeuroscience September 10, 2024 Summary: A new study using artificial intelligence has provided novel insights into how the brain predicts future events and processes information. Researchers discovered that the brain’s spontaneous activity, … Continue reading →

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The MIT Press Reader: Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation With Neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone – July 2024

Posted on August 1, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation With Neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone “The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.” By: Adolfo Plasencia On the wall opposite Alvaro Pascual-Leone’s birth house, on a street in … Continue reading →

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Gene Drives Shown to Work in Wild Plants. They Could Wipe Out Weeds. Singularity Hub – Shelly Fan

Posted on July 10, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Gene Drives Shown to Work in Wild Plants. They Could Wipe Out Weeds. By Shelly Fan July 8, 2024 Henry Grabar has had enough battling knotweed. All he wanted was to build a small garden in Brooklyn—a bit of peace … Continue reading →

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