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Jul 16

Here’s why human screams make your skin crawl

By Nsikan Akpan

Neuroscientists unlock what happens to our brains and behavior when we hear a scream.

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Jul 02

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From the big bang to cosmic vibrations, Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart plays the rhythm of the universe

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Mickey Hart, a well-known drummer for the Grateful Dead, has collaborated with astrophysicists on music that reflects the origins of the universe, and with neuroscientists to figure out how music stimulates different parts of damaged brains. Special correspondent Mike Cerre…

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Jul 01

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Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning

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Research on the brain and how we think and act is influencing the way some teachers teach. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters goes into a classroom where the instructor uses different methods to engage different parts of the…

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Apr 04

Brain ‘gender’ more flexible than once believed, study finds

By Carey Reed

A team of researchers successfully changed the gender in the brains of newborn rats from female to male, according to findings published this week in Nature Neuroscience.

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Feb 27

That dress isn’t blue or gold because color doesn’t exist

By Jenny Marder

Color scientists already have a word for it: Dressgate. No surprise to those of us whose minds were collectively blown by the dress that’s blue and black to some, and white and gold to others (though frankly kind of ugly…

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Feb 10

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In ‘Still Alice,’ a neuroscientist-novelist explores what it’s like to live with Alzheimer’s

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Confronted by her own grandmother’s illness, writer and neuroscientist Lisa Genova started her exploration of Alzheimer’s with one question: What does it actually feel like to have the disease? Her resulting novel, “Still Alice,” was adapted into a film that…

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Jan 15

How science sprung from the depths of the disposable baby diaper

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Microscopes can see cells at a nanometer resolution, but they're still limited. Then one day MIT scientists had an idea: what if they made the samples themselves bigger? It turns out the answer was inside disposable diapers.

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Oct 25

Young kids should stop heading the ball, says top neurosurgeon

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One of the nation's leading experts on concussions in youth sports answers questions about the growing concern over head injury in youth soccer.

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Oct 06

Pinpointing brain’s inner GPS leads to Nobel Prize in medicine win

By Justin Scuiletti

The research, started by scientist John O'Keefe in 1971 and continued by the husband-and-wife team of May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser more than 30 years later in 2005, aimed to explore the mechanics of how humans were able to…

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Sep 25

Dissolving part of the brain for a clearer look at its wiring

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

A new process developed at Stanford University lets scientists see inside the brain, using computer programs to fly in between neurons. It's the first high resolution picture of the brain's wiring, which could lead to cures for anxiety, depression and…

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