Mind & Brain
"Brainprints" Pick Out an Individual from the Crowd
Researchers identify people by the way their brains are wired
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Mind & Brain
Supercomputer Simulates Rat Brain Fragment
The Blue Brain Project publishes its first major result: a digital imitation of circuitry in a sand grain–size chunk of rat brain
Mind & Brain
Men Are Attracted to Nonconformist Women
The popular idea that women should try to conform or be submissive around men is outdated
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Exploring the Mysteries of the Brain
David Eagleman answers questions about his major PBS series
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There Is a Fine Line between Love and Drunk
Oxytocin, known as the “love hormone,” has a dark side—and it looks like alcohol intoxication
Neuroscience
Locating the Brain's Funny Bone
“Getting” a joke and cracking up have separate addresses
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A Massive Global Effort Maps How the Brain Is Wired
With innovative tools, connectome scientists are tracing the superhighways and footpaths of the brain
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MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Probes the Pruning Brain
Harvard neuroscientist Beth Stevens wins a MacArthur Fellowship for studies of how microglia cells prune away excess neuronal synapses during brain development and how that necessary function might go awry in neurodegenerative diseases ...
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Morals, Not Memories, Define Who We Are
A new study has implications for patients with Alzheimer’s and other disorders
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How Your Brain Is Wired Reveals the Real You
The Human Connectome Project finds surprising correlations between brain architecture and behavior
The Sciences
How a Cat Parasite Controls Other Animals' Brains
Toxoplasma gondii, an insidious and common parasite spread by cats, controls its rodent host's brain—and may be manipulating our own behavior as well
Mind & Brain
Understanding Parkinson's Disease: An Interview with Jon Palfreman
Award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman, author of Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, discusses the science behind this mysterious disease
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A Short History of the Rise, Fall and Rise of Subliminal Messaging
People have believed in subliminal influences for hundreds of years—but the last few decades have taken a far more scientific look at these ideas
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Is Sensory Processing Disorder for Real?
A debate rages over whether doctors should recognize this common childhood condition as a distinct disorder
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Brain Stimulation in Children Spurs Hope - and Concern
Treatment of developing brains offers greater scope for improvement but also intensifies risks
Mind & Brain
Melatonin Linked to Seasonal Relapses of Multiple Sclerosis
A hormone involved in circadian rhythms could provide treatment for the autoimmune disease
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Subliminal Messages Influence Our Experience of Pain
The brain can learn to associate certain images with more or less pain, even if the images never reach our awareness
Neuroscience
Why the Human Brain Project Went Wrong—and How to Fix It
Two years in, a $1-billion-plus effort to simulate the human brain is in disarray. Was it poor management, or is something fundamentally wrong with Big Science?
Neuroscience
Can Napping Make Us Smarter?
—Jim Lohr, Iowa
Mind & Brain
On the Horizon: Lab-Grown Spare Parts for Brains
Researchers have figured out how to coax stem cells into becoming organized clusters of neurons
