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Can we use our brains to directly control machines -- without requiring a body as the middleman? Miguel Nicolelis talks through an astonishing experiment, in which a clever monkey in the US learns to control a monkey avatar, and then a robot arm in Japan, purely with its thoughts. The research has big implications for quadraplegic people -- and maybe for all of us. (Filmed at TEDMED 2012.)
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Every person thinks and acts a little differently than the other 7 billion on the planet. Scientists now say that variations in brain connections account for much of this individuality, and they’ve narrowed it down to a few specific regions of the brain. This might help us better understand the evolution of the human brain as well as its development in individuals
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Allan Jones joined the Allen Institute in 2003 to help start up the organization as one of its first employees. Bringing extensive expertise in project leade...
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Here we describe an open online resource, the Allen Human Brain Atlas, which puts comprehensive, standardized data from multiple entire human brains into the hands of the global research community, along with tools for mining and making sense of that data. This resource opens new avenues for advancing research programs across disciplines that share an interest in the human brain—from neuroscience research programs based on functional MRI (fMRI) or neuropharmacology, for example, to comparative evolutionary studies and human genetics. The Allen Human Brain Atlas is a multimodal atlas of gene expression and anatomy comprising a comprehensive “all genes, all structures” array-based dataset of gene expression and complementary in situ hybridization (ISH) studies targeting selected genes in specific brain regions. All data are publicly available online (www.brain-map.org) along with a suite of integrated data visualization and mining tools that enable scientists to uncover connections between structure, function, and the brain's underlying biochemistry. See more on http://www.brain-map.org/
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Here are some scenes of what the brain looked like to scientists long ago and today. Via Flavio Bernardotti
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The connection between mother and child is ever deeper than thought...
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First computer model to produce complex behaviour performs almost as well as humans at simple number tasks.
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How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask.
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March 7, 2014 7:39 PM
Yeah, but just leap into the first multiplayer Mario platformer set in a 3D world! Play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad—each with their own special skills—in the all-new Sprixie Kingdom. At http://s.shr.lc/19obdCc 
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May 5, 2014 7:22 AM
Action game players show better visual and attention skills than those who do not play video games
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Have you ever wondered what your brain sounds like when it is thinking? Download the sound files with brain music
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When is a cigar more than a cigar? A team of Dutch scientists believe they may have the answer. By using an fMRI scanner to study the brain activity of eight bilingual volunteers as they listened to the names of four animals spoken in English—bull, horse, shark and duck—the scientists were able to locate the specific part of the brain where the meanings of words are created.
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March 4, 2013 2:52 PM
I know this might seem a bit non-linear; however, is there analgous applicability of this finding to the global networked collective mind or intelligence that is emerging. Are there centers of concentrated semantic focus and meaning, on a meme or conceptual basis, that by virtue of their authority, concentration, weight of influence, and clarity of concurrence and definition, provide the center of gravity for the rest of the collective on a global basis?
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Neuroscientists claim to have communicated with a patient who appears to be in a vegetative state by asking him questions and studying fMRI images of his brain directly afterward.
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The Sentis Brain Animation Series takes you on a tour of the brain through a series of short and sharp animations. The second in the series describes the three regions of the brain and how they interact as we experience the world.
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Brain imaging shows that premature babies process speech in similar ways to adults.
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The brain has a genetic source of violent behavior, says a German neurologist.
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Several high-profile projects that aim to replicate the processes of the human brain have recently received enormous grants. Still, completing the projects is not the ultimate goal, say researchers.
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A growing body of work shows that the brain has different systems and mechanisms to respond to certain kinds of threats and physiological changes in the body
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Alex Huth, first author of our new paper, talks about how visual information about thousands of objects and actions are represented across human visual cortex. For more information, please visit our web site (gallantlab.org) or get the paper: Huth, A.G., S. Nishimoto, A.T. Vu & J.L. Gallant (2012). A continuous semantic space describes representation of thousands of object and action categories across the human brain. Neuron, December 20 2012.
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Another computer is setting its wits to perform human tasks. But this computer is different.
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Whether you are reading in Chinese or French, the same brain areas light up.
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The idea of the universe as a 'giant brain' has been proposed by scientists - and science fiction writers - for decades. But now physicists say there may be some evidence that it's actually true.
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January 13, 2013 10:30 AM
How we use our brains, how we keep our brains healthy, how we learn and critically think, all have significant impact on our career success.
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January 13, 2013 10:32 AM
How we use our brains, how we keep our brains healthy, how we learn and critically think, all have significant impact on our school success.
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Anthropologist Dean Falk recently completed the most thorough analysis yet of Albert Einstein's brain, suggesting that the roots of genius are anchored in the biology of the brain.
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BRAIN POWER: From Neurons to Networks is a 10-minute film and accompanying TED Book (ted.com/tedbooks) from award-winning Director Tiffany Shlain and her team at The Moxie Institute. Based on new research on how to best nurture children's brains from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child and University of Washington's I-LABS, the film explores the parallels between a child's brain development and the development of the global brain of Internet, offering insights into the best ways to shape both. Made through a new crowd-sourcing creativity process the Moxie team calls "Cloud Filmmaking," Brain Power was created by putting into action the very ideas that the film is exploring: the connections between neurons, networks, and people around the world.
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