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Fmri for kids

12 November 2019 Alessandro Innocenti

To Help Fidgety Kids, Researchers Made a Brain Scanner That Fits in a Bike Helmet A simple bike helmet may be the answer for researchers looking to study the brains of fidgety kids. With a few extra holes drilled in … Continue reading Fmri for kids

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Does consciousness exist?

22 October 2019 Alessandro Innocenti

‘Outlandish’ competition seeks the brain’s source of consciousness Brain scientists can watch neurons fire and communicate. They can map how brain regions light up during sensation, decision-making, and speech. What they can’t explain is how all this activity gives rise … Continue reading Does consciousness exist?

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Atypical lateralisation

23 August 201921 August 2019 Alessandro Innocenti

Left-Handed People Are Being Unnecessarily Excluded From Neuroimaging Research, Study Finds In a world made for right-handed people, life can sometimes be frustrating if you are among the 10% or so who are “adextral” — that is, left-handed or ambidextrous. … Continue reading Atypical lateralisation

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Neurons and the system

25 July 2019 Alessandro Innocenti

The Human Brain Project Hasn’t Lived Up to Its Promise On July 22, 2009, the neuroscientist Henry Markram walked onstage at the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford, England, and told the audience that he was going to simulate the human brain, … Continue reading Neurons and the system

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Do dogs recognize you?

6 January 20196 January 2019 Alessandro Innocenti

Researchers Have Identified An Area of The Dog Brain Dedicated To Processing Human Faces If you want to know about the special relationship between human and canine you need only watch a dog owner slavishly feed, cuddle and clean up … Continue reading Do dogs recognize you?

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When the amygdala shrinks

9 September 2018 Alessandro Innocenti

Procrastinator’s brains are different than those who get things done Daydreaming is important — studies have repeatedly said as much — but maybe you shouldn’t daydream too much, as a recent study by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum has come to … Continue reading When the amygdala shrinks

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The queen of pain

27 June 2018 Alessandro Innocenti

The Neuroscience of Pain On a foggy February morning in Oxford, England, I arrived at the John Radcliffe Hospital, a shiplike nineteen-seventies complex moored on a hill east of the city center, for the express purpose of being hurt. I … Continue reading The queen of pain

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