JUL
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Sniffing Out Smell

Harvard Medical School: New study reveals how the brain organizes information about odors By KEVIN JIANG -- July 2, 2020 Research The premiere of the movie Scent of Mystery in 1960 marked a singular event in the annals of cinema: the first, and ...

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FEB
19
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How Odd: UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery

LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King's College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure. Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that were active...

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NOV
19
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The difference between an expert's brain and novice's

November 18, 2019Source:Cold Spring Harbor LaboratorySummary:In learning new tasks, neuron networks in the brain of mice become more refined and selective. Charting changes in neural activity can help inform the design of better computational models ...

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MAY
29
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Memories, Light the Corner of My Mind

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What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche? Steve Ramirez, a Boston University neuroscientist fascinated by memory, believes that a small structure in the brain could hold the k...

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