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Neuroscience

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Biology)

Will a Computer's Conscious Mind Emerge?

If the human brain is data being passed from neuron to neuron at its basic level and we can simulate that in a computer, shouldn’t a conscious mind start to emerge?If you want to simulate how the brain works, you need to imitate the electrical signals ... [Discovery Channel - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Neuron, Neurotransmitter, Computer Simulation, Neuroscience, Dharmendra Modha

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 17 Documents (in Biology)

International Business Machines Corp

IBM closer to create brain-like computer

IBM said that it has made a significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, while rivaling the brain's low power and energy consumption ... [Computer Business Review - 11/20/2009]

Entities: International Business Machines Corp, Computer Simulation, Synapse, Neuron

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 8 Documents (in Neuroscience)

Intel Corporation

Intel's Mind-Reading Chips: Replace Your Mouse With Your Brain

You know those neat mind-control toys ? Well, Intel has some grand plans for mind control that go far beyond their limited power. By 2020, the company's researchers plan to have chips that let you control computers with your thoughts.But here's the scary ... [Fast Company - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Intel Corporation, Arthur C Clarke, Project Natal

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Biology)

Sounds During Sleep Boost Memory

Nov. 19, 2009 -- Researchers are learning more and more about how our senses aid memory and learning while we sleep.Several years ago, scientists reported that scents smelled during sleep could help trigger learning by boosting the brain's ability to ... [WebMD - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Memory, Northwestern University, Brain, Electrode, Boston Univ

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

Groundbreaking discovery provides fundamental insights into neurological disorders

Dr. Jeremy Schmahmann, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, on Thursday, November 19, presented his laboratory's research on the new field of study called "Connectivity" at the ... [News-Medical.Net - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Neurological Disorders, ataxia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Autism, Alzheimer's Disease

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

US university board votes down stem-cell changes

The University of Nebraska's governing board has voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.The eight-member Board of Regents voted 4-4 Friday, defeating the resolution ... [Taiwan News Online - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Stem Cell Research, University of Nebraska, Cell Lines, Embryo

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 7 Documents (in Biology)

Study: Drug treats mice with Down syndrome symptoms

Researchers were able to fix memory and cognitive problems in mice genetically engineered to exhibit symptoms similar to Down syndrome after administering a drug called l-threo-dihydroxyphenylserine. The treatment works by boosting norepinephrine, a chemical ... [SmartBrief - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Down Syndrome, Biotechnology, Genetically Modified

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents

Stem-cell debate unlikely to fade after Neb. vote

As the University of Nebraska's governing board prepares for a contentious vote on stem-cell research policy, it appears the emotional whipsaw with roots in the abortion debate is unlikely to diminish.The university's Board of Regents is expected to vote ... [Research & Development - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Stem Cell Research, Embryo, University of Nebraska, Abortion, Arthur Caplan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents (in Biology)

IBM Simulates Feline Brain

IBM says its making significant progress toward developing a computer system that works like the human brain.At a recent supercomputing conference, IBM said its cognitive computing team has made great strides in â€œlarge-scale cortical simulation and ... [Red Orbit - 11/19/2009]

Entities: International Business Machines Corp, Computer Simulation, Diffusion, Neuron, Stanford University

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Biology)

Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries

Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in by preventing short circuits caused when tiny 'potassium channels' in the fibers are exposed by trauma. The compound also might be developed as a treatment ... [PhysOrg.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: myelin, 4-Aminopyridine, spinal cord, Multiple Sclerosis

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)

Cognitive declines not linked to surgery in older adults, say researchers

For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis questions those assumptions. In ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Declination, Anesthesiology, Alzheimer's Disease, Washington University School of Medicine

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

U.S. military seeks muscle and brains

The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday, Nov. 19:___The Latin phrase, sit mens sana in corpore sano, is often translated as "a sound mind in a sound body."It is a line said to have been used by an ancient Roman poet ... [Individual.com - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, United States, Fort Worth

Quotes

Dr Jamie Ward, a neuroscientist from the University of Sussex, explained: "We discovered his brain works differently to that of most people. There were areas of the brain that lit up in James when he heard certain words connected with tastes that didn't light up in people without his condition."

The Flavour Of Life: Meet the Man Who Tastes Words! [MedIndia - 2 hours ago]

"The new technology of magnetic resonance imaging tractography brings us closer than ever to understanding the human brain itself. Together with an extraordinary team of clinical, neuroimaging and basic science investigators, we are creating a blueprint of the structure and function of the human brain in health and disease, with the real hope of developing effective treatments for devastating neurological disorders" explained Dr. Schmahmann

Groundbreaking discovery provides fundamental insights into neurological disorders [News-Medical.Net - 3 hours ago]

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Blogs

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The Reading Brain [The Frontal Cortex] [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 12 hours ago] I've got a review of Stanislas Dehaene's new book, Reading in the Brain, over at the Barnes and Noble Review: Right now, your mind is performing an astonishing ...
Humans are domesticating themselves with smalle... [Boing Boing - 13 hours ago] Marginal Revolution posted the following excerpt from Jeremy Taylor's book titled Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes that Make Us Human. I think we have ...
IBM Reveals the Biggest Artificial Brain of All... [All Things Digital - 19 hours ago] By Douglas Fox, Writer, Popular MechanicsScientists at IBM’s (IBM) Almaden research center have built the biggest artificial brain ever—a cell-by-cell simulation ...
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The Brain Chip Cometh, & It Cometh from Intel [ReadWriteWeb - 11/20/2009] Our own Marshall Kirkpatrick's dreaded brain chip for controlling computers and mobile devices may be closer than even he suspected. Intel researchers in Pittsburgh ...

Audio/Video

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Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in ... [Berkeley Lab - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Dr Keating Pediatric Brain Tumors2 [Mayo Clinic - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Like a Rat [Slate Magazine - 11/12/2009]
Visual, Perceptual Tricks Bamboozle Brain [Uploads by wired - 11/06/2009]
Protein chains are impossible [Mefeedia Video Tag : evoluti - 11/06/2009]

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