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Shocking Research: Human Memory Doesn't Exist Only in the Brain
A new study from New York University (USA) shows that other cells outside the brain also have the ability to learn and form memories.
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Neuroscience & the Brain
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We Are the Neurons of the Universe: A Creation Theory Reveals the Mysteries of the Universe and the Brain
Have you ever thought that the universe could be a giant neural network and we are all a part of it?
Discover how the brain creates memories
Researchers have discovered exactly how our brains make memories at the cellular level.
NPAS4 gene regulates the ability of the brain to form new memories
The neuroscientists led by Yingxi Lin, working at the McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, discovered: W…
Neurological transplantation enhances brain function
According to a research result published in the journal of neuroscience
Interesting finding: The brain uses tips against aging
Aging is an inevitable process of life, but our brains use some tips to help the body slow down this aging rate.
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Thousands of people line up to have brain chips implanted
Tech mogul Elon Musk's startup has been granted permission to test implanting chips into human brains. Thousands of applicants have already applied.
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Top 7 strange psychological effects of the brain that we all have without knowing
The weird and sometimes silly things you do, other people do all the time and it's all part of human psychology.
Oceanography
Another species is developing a human-like brain.
Despite being separated by 500 million years of evolution, the blueprint for a complex, intelligent brain is preserved in the bodies of two species, one of which is huma…
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British Doctor Reveals How to Make Your Brain '30-50 Years Younger', So Simple Anyone Can Do It
Experts say doing this regularly every day can help the brain.
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How did Egyptian mummies remove the brain from the body?
Ancient Egyptian mummies likely did not pull out brain fragments with hooks when preparing the body for the afterlife.
AI - Artificial intelligence
AI has been able to accurately reproduce more than 80% of images in the human brain.
The AI model, called Mind-Vis, was trained on a large dataset of more than 160,000 brain scans and was able to reproduce up to 84% of what humans think.
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The hidden fuel of the human brain: How gut bacteria shape intelligence?
Bacteria that aid in producing more metabolic energy may have been key to the evolution of large brains.
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Canada agrees to let billionaire Elon Musk's company test chip implant in human brain
American billionaire Elon Musk's neurotechnology company Neuralink announced yesterday (November 20) that it has received approval to conduct its first clinical trial in…
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What does our brain need to remember?
What happens in the hippocamp even before people try to form memories can affect whether they remember it or not.
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Will the brain be blown up when information is overloaded?
The human brain is really a miracle and still carries with me countless hidden numbers that scientists want to decipher. For many, it seems that the brain is an endless…
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New-born brain cells improve people's orientation
The human body continues to produce brain cells throughout life - it is an undisputed fact. But until now, the purpose of this production is still a controversial topic…
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Painters have a different brain structure than ordinary people
A new study shows that artists often have brains that are more structurally different than those who can't draw.
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Project implanted the chip into the brain to increase intelligence for humans
An American company invests $ 100 million to develop implantable devices for the brain that boosts human intelligence.
Animal world
Scientists' hack 'the sparrows' brain, teaching them to sing melodies never heard from their parents
To do this, scientists used optogenetic, a technique that uses light to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. They chose
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Artificial neurons are faster than human brain
NIST is one of the few research groups trying to develop hardware that mimics the human brain, or neuromorphic chip, in hopes that it will run brain simulation software…
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Human neuron detection in monkey brain
German scientists found that in the brain golden macaques (macaca) have neuron (neurons) only in humans, monkeys in humans, whales and elephants, related to self-awarene…
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The human brain has been reduced to 14 billion neurons
How many (neurons) are in the human brain? One hundred billion. It was a virtual number, but no one knew where this number came from. According to Suzana Herculano-Houze…
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Neurons continue to grow where the brain matures
Although many believe that adult brain cells do not develop, but a researcher at the Institute of Learning and Memorization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,…
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Artificial neurons replace nerves in the human brain
Swedish scientists have successfully developed an artificial neuron capable of transmitting nerve impulses similar to neurons in the human brain, opening new directions…
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For the first time, scientists can see the shape of memories
Scientists have found the shape of memory blocks in the brain. Specifically, they are nerve cells that process information related to what we have been through.