Mind & Brain
Brain Rhythms Sync to Musical Beat
The human brain's neurons fire in sync to music, and trained musicians are better at it than are amateurs
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Breakthrough Prize for Illuminating the Brain's Secret Code
A revolutionary technique that switches brain circuits on and off has taken neuroscience by storm and is now undergoing a new round of innovation
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Brain Responds to Driving Routes Repeatedly
Learning detailed navigation information causes the hippocampus to interact with other regions of the brain involved in location
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The Brainbow Connection: Viewing Nerve Cells in Living Color
A colorful technique is shedding light on the function and development of neural circuits
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Memory-Boosting Devices Tested in Humans
U.S. military research suggests that electrodes can compensate for damaged tissue
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The Big Baby Experiment
A London lab is deploying every technology it can use to understand infant brains, and what happens when development goes awry
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Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (Everybody's Looking for Something)
On the night of June 7, 1525, the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer dreamt about the Apocalypse. Captivated by the dream’s imagery, he committed it to a watercolor he rushed to paint after he woke...
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Troubled Billion-Euro Brain Project Secures Another 3 Years' Funding
European Commission hopes agreement will restore lost confidence
Neuroscience
Teaching Machines to See
The search to grasp how A.I. neural networks process photos yields insights and weirdness
Health
2 Companies Seek FDA Approval for Brain Games to Treat ADHD
Interactive games show some success in small, preliminary studies, but scientists have reservations
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Scientific American MIND Reviews The Brain Electric
Malcolm Gay’s book explores “The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines"
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The Tantalizing Links between Gut Microbes and the Brain
Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behavior
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Why Binge Drinking May Wire the Brain for Alcohol Dependence
After surviving a series of benders, neural circuits get locked into a firing pattern that compels alcohol seeking
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Rise of the Microglia
New research shows that the resident immune cells of the brain are involved in both development and disease
Animal Study Points to Drug Duo That Might Aid Injured Brains to Bounce Back
Can two everyday drugs prevent irreversible harm from traumatic brain injury?
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A Brain Surgery Revolution: Using Sound Instead of Scalpels
Doctors can now operate deep within the brain using focused ultrasound, ushering in a new era of faster, safer incision-free procedures
The Sciences
Can Female Mice Improve Autism Research?
Researchers angling for government funds must now include both sexes in their animal studies—or explain why they don’t
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Babies Move Tongue to Learn New Tongues
Infants seemed to be able to differentiate between two different "D" sounds in Hindi—but only when their tongue movements weren't blocked by a teething device. Christopher Intagliata reports...
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What If My Life Had Taken a Different Turn?
Scientific American MIND readers share their own “counterfactual” musings
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"Brainprints" Pick Out an Individual from the Crowd
Researchers identify people by the way their brains are wired
