A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.' ...

How the brain feels about the world around it is the subject of a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

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Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

These events, previously known as Lab Notes, are open to everyone. No previous knowledge of dementia or research is required. All of our online events are recorded, so don’t worry if you weren’t able ...

"However, we can override these instinctive responses through experience – like children learning to enjoy fireworks ... the ...

“However, we can override these instinctive responses through experience – like children learning to enjoy fireworks ...

The researchers first established mouse equivalents of neutral and emotional events so that they could examine what the brain does differently ... goal is to use this knowledge to develop ...

Moreover, the fact that observers are able to segment events when asked ... Observers had no knowledge of the segmentation task during passive viewing. Thus, this brain activity reflects ...

The loss or absence of vision is probably one of the most incapacitating events that can befall a human being. The importance of vision for humans is also reflected in brain anatomy as approximately ...

The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo is excited to announce our 10th annual Nengo summer school on large-scale brain modelling and neuromorphic computing. This ...