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  Decoding Touch: Rats Detect Textures With Their Whiskers

  April 23, 2013 — With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A new study shows that it is possible to understand what specific object has been ... > full story
• Eye Care
  Video Games
  Artificial Intelligence
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Diseases and Conditions
  Mental Health Research
   
  

  Lazy Eye Disorder Treated With Video Game Tetris

  April 22, 2013 — Scientists have used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye." By distributing information between the two eyes in a ... > full story
• Neuroscience
  Intelligence
  Brain Injury
  Perception
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Psychology
   
  

  Lost Your Keys? Your Cat? The Brain Can Rapidly Mobilize a Search Party

  April 21, 2013 — A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists ... > full story
• Wild Animals
  Animals
  Psychology
  Neuroscience
  Intelligence
  Microbiology
   
  

  Neural Activity in Bats Measured in-Flight

  April 18, 2013 — Scientists have, for the first time, measured the activity of place cells in the brains of bats as they navigated in three-dimensional ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Psychology Research
  Brain Injury
  Intelligence
  Brain Tumor
   
  

  Brain's 'Slow Waves': Scientists Probe Source of Pulsing Signal in Sleeping Brain

  April 18, 2013 — New findings clarify where and how the brain's "slow waves" originate. These rhythmic signal pulses, which sweep through the brain during deep sleep, are assumed to play a role in important processes ... > full story
• Child Psychology
  Infant's Health
  Child Development
  Breastfeeding
  Children's Health
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  From Mice to Humans, Comfort Is Being Carried by Mom

  April 18, 2013 — There is a very good reason mothers often carry their crying babies, pacing the floor, to help them calm down. New research shows that infants experience an automatic calming reaction upon being ... > full story

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  • Why Do Babies Calm Down When They Are Carried?
• Artificial Intelligence
  Robotics
  Perception
  Robotics Research
  Information Technology
  Hacking
   

  Helpful for Robotics: Brain Uses Old Information for New Movements

  April 18, 2013 — Information from the senses has an important influence on how we move. For instance, you can see and feel when a mug is filled with hot coffee, and you lift it in a different way than if the mug were ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Mating and Breeding
  Behavioral Science
  Exotic Species
  New Species
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Love at First Sniff: Male Moths Go by First Impressions

  April 16, 2013 — Entomologists now have an explanation for why we see so many hybrid moths in nature. The team closely examined the behavior and the olfactory circuitry of male moths and found an answer in ... > full story
• Hearing Loss
  Hearing Impairment
  Tinnitus
  Perception
  Workplace Health
  Disability
   
  

  Concert Cacophony: Short-Term Hearing Loss Can Be Protective, Not Damaging, Researchers Find

  April 15, 2013 — Contrary to conventional wisdom, short-term hearing loss after sustained exposure to loud noise does not reflect damage to our hearing: Instead, it is the body's way to cope. The landmark finding ... > full story
• Eye Care
  Personalized Medicine
  Today's Healthcare
  Diseases and Conditions
  Parkinson's
  Parkinson's Research
   
  

  Medical Researchers Implant Telescope for Macular Degeneration

  April 15, 2013 — Physicians have successfully implanted a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular ... > full story

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