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Hollywood pushes a fantasy version of what neuroscience can do in the courtroom. But the field does have real benefits to offer, right now: solid evidence on what would improve prisons.
We can see at a finer resolution than the spacing between individual photo-receptors in the eye – and it’s all down to our brains.
New research tries to suggest mothers’ responses are pre-programmed, but there’s a problem with the evidence.
Although it may appear you’re “switching off” when you fall asleep, the brain is far from inactive.
Complex behaviour such as regional accents and cultural food preferences in whales and dolphins seems to be linked to brain size.
Drug addiction isn’t about bad habits, fear of withdrawal or a selfish search for pleasure. It’s about the brain.
When Zahra Moussavi’s mother developed Alzheimer’s, the scientist pursued a technology that directly stimulates the brain with electromagnets to mitigate the effects of the disease. It worked.
New research gives weight to Noam Chomsky’s idea of a universal language ability.
As students return to school and prepare to join sports teams, here’s what they and their parents need to know about concussions.
Niamh, age 7, wants to know why we have scary dreams. But after 200 years of study, dreams are still very much a mystery.
People’s minds can be fooled into experiencing both pain and pain relief.
Research suggests it could be down to how our brains are wired.
We’re used to thinking of our eyes detecting light as the foundation of our visual system. But what’s going on in other cells throughout the body that can detect light, too?
Areas of the brain are being mapped, much like the towns, cities and countries represented in a typical atlas.
Using mind reading technologies in court could become common practice.
A study in mice shows that transplantation of healthy stem cells into the brain’s hypothalamus can boost lifespan considerably.
Visual illusions provide an inkling of the mental processing that delivers our experience of the world.
Our brain and gut are constantly talking to each other, so it makes sense mental health and stomach issues have a close relationship.
Interview with the scientist Claude Berrou, inventor of the turbocodes that protect the data of the connected objects. Today, he is exploring the neurosciences.
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer (Adjunct), University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor in Music Psychology, Durham University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neurosciences, The University of Queensland
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Penn State
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience, University of Sussex
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence/ Computer Science, Fudan University
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Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Professeur agrégé de neurosciences computationnelles et neurophysiologie, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Physics, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Environmental science, Lancaster University
