May 22, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Ants’ brains are amazingly sophisticated organs that enable them to coordinate complex behavior patterns such as the organization of colonies. Now, researchers have developed a method that allows them to study ants’ brain chemistry and gain insights in…
May 22, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Neurons in a key area of the brain have different functions based on their exact genetic identity, and understanding this diversity could lead to better understanding of the brain’s computational flexibility and memory capacity, potentially informing d…
May 22, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have recorded pain-related data from inside the brain of individuals with chronic pain disorders caused by stroke or amputation (phantom limb pain). A long sought-after goal has been to understand how pain is represented by brain activity a…
May 19, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Dr. Allison Gabriel is a chaired full Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Area at Purdue University ’ s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business. She will also be the lead faculty director of the brand-new Ce…
May 19, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Today’s Artificial Intelligence models are smart but lack the commonsense knowledge humans use to detect what motivates others’ actions. A new study by New York University researchers finds that infants use this commonsense psychology to understand int…
A study found changes in patients' brain activity along with improved depression and…
Conflicting parties experience threats to both their agency and morality, but the experience…
This is the second seminar of the 2013 Deputy Director for Management (DDM)…
May 15, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, scientists map out chemical’s role in behavior.
May 15, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Fresh insights into the spread of damaging proteins that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease could hold the key to stopping the condition progressing, a study says.
May 12, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
The difficult-to-treat brain cancer glioblastoma steals a person’s mental faculties as it spreads, yet the tumor’s insidious ability to infiltrate neighboring networks in the brain could also prove its undoing.
May 10, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers described the structure of a special type of amyloid beta plaque protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression. Scientists showed the small aggregates of the amyloid beta protein could float through the brain tissue fluid, re…
May 9, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
The touch of another person may increase levels of the ‘feelgood’ hormone oxytocin. But the context really matters. The situation impacts oxytocin levels not only in the moment, but also later.
May 9, 2023 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study in mice and rats found that restoring certain signals in a brain region that processes smells countered depression.
