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Study discovers neurons that can predict human speech before you say a word By using advanced brain recording techniques, a team of researchers has demonstrated how neurons in the human brain work together to allow people to think about what words they want to say and then produce them aloud through speech. The study published in the journal Nature revealed insights into the brain’s neurons that enable language production, and which could lead to improvements in the understanding and treatment of speech and language disorders. “Although speaking usu...
Study discovers neurons that can predict human speech before you say a word
Study discovers neurons that can predict human speech before you say a word
Source: IANS
2024-02-04 10:22:27 am
Having pets may help older adults living alone maintain healthy brains: Study  For the growing number of older adults who live alone, having a pet such as a dog or cat by their side could help them maintain a healthy brain, a new study has said. In the study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the researchers mentioned that "pet ownership was associated with slower rates of decline in verbal memory and verbal fluency among individuals living alone, but not among those living with others". According to them, pet ownership offset the link bet...
Having pets may help older adults living alone maintain healthy brains: Study
Having pets may help older adults living alone maintain healthy brains: Study
Source: IANS
2024-01-01 10:36:30 am
Scientists find how measles virus spreads in human brain Scientists have mapped how the measles virus mutated and spread in the brain of a person who succumbed to a rare, lethal brain disease. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases. The measles virus infects the upper respiratory tract where it uses the trachea, or windpipe, as a trampoline to launch and spread through droplets dispersed when an infected person coughs or sneezes. While vaccination can effectively combat the disease, hesitancy and missed vaccinations, especially during...
Scientists find how measles virus spreads in human brain
Scientists find how measles virus spreads in human brain
Source: IANS
2023-12-22 12:58:58 pm
Researchers harness AI to map visual functions in brain  Researchers have harnessed the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to map visual functions in the brain, which they say will also remove biases that may arise when looking at responses. The team at Weill Cornell Medicine demonstrated the use of AI-selected natural images and AI-generated synthetic images as neuroscientific tools for probing the visual processing areas of the brain. In the study, published in Communications Biology, they had volunteers look at images that had bee...
Researchers harness AI to map visual functions in brain
Researchers harness AI to map visual functions in brain
Source: IANS
2023-12-01 04:24:08 pm
Pregnancy hormones `rewire` women`s brain to prepare for motherhood During pregnancy, it?s not women?s bodies alone that undergo change. Turns out the brain also gets ?rewired? to prepare for motherhood, finds a study in mice.The findings, published in the journal Science, show that both oestrogen and progesterone act on a small population of neurons in the brain to switch on parental behaviour even before offspring arrive. These adaptations resulted in stronger and more selective responses to pups.It is well known that while virgin female rodents do not show...
Pregnancy hormones `rewire` women`s brain to prepare for motherhood
Pregnancy hormones `rewire` women`s brain to prepare for motherhood
Source: IANS
2023-10-08 10:28:55 am