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AI Trained With More Than 10,000 Brain Scans Can Identify Patterns Linked to Autism, Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, and More Before Symptoms Appear

Medicine & Technology Jul 26, 2022

New AI system sifts through thousands of brain scans to identify patterns linked to mental disorders. Click here to know more about the complex program and how it can lead to early detection and treatment of diseases like Alzheimer's.

Ultrasound Used to Read Monkey Brain and Predict Their Movement

Mar 22, 2021

Study investigators recently used ultrasound imaging to predict the intended eye or hand movements of a monkey: Information that could create commands for a computer cursor or a robotic arm.

Are You Only As Risky As Your Friends?

May 19, 2015

Scientists have found that neurological evidence in the form of brain scans that show birds of a feather do flock together. The team says that neural and social signals in the mind align in terms of how we perceive both safety and risk. This means that trends happen for a reason, and now scientists have a better understanding of why-no matter how awful, embarrassing, or just plain weird the trend is.

New Research Isolates Speech Center in the Human Brain

May 19, 2015

In our quest to understand the complex inner workings of the human brain, researchers at New York University have brought us one step closer. They have pinpointed a region of the brain exclusively devoted to processing speech, which not only provides a better understanding of the cerebral landscape, but settles a long-standing dispute concerning the brain's perception of sound.

Can Fructose Make You Eat More? A Sugary Debate

May 05, 2015

When it comes to the sugars that we eat, would you believe that our bodies may respond more positively to some rather than others? It’s a pretty simple assumption that our bodies may respond differently to each sugar we ingest, but it turns out that the physiological responses and mental associations made are far more complex than even researchers in neurobiology could have ever assumed. In a new study published this week in the journal PNAS, researchers with the University of Southern California investigated appetite responses and food choices with regards to ingestion of fructose versus glucose. And what the researchers found was that fructose was far more likely to be dangerous to your diet.