Category: brain mapping

Google helps publish the largest high-res map of brain connectivity

Post author By Randall
Post date January 22, 2020
Categories In brain, brain map, brain mapping, connectomics, fruit fly, gear, janelia, medicine, Science, synapse, Tech, tomorrow, Video

[ad_1] Anyone can see and download the data, and there are papers both available and on the way detailing the work. The brain map won’t accomplish much by itself. However, it could prove to be a treasure trove of data for scientists looking to understand fruit flies in particular or brain functionality at large. With […]

Playing ‘Pokémon’ as a kid may have rewired your brain

Post author By Randall
Post date May 6, 2019
Categories In av, brain, brain mapping, characters, Entertainment, medicine, nature human behavior, neurons, occipitotemporal sulcus, pikachu, Pokemon, stanford university, Tech, Video Games

[ad_1] Scientists already knew that humans have specific areas of the brain used to recognize faces, words, numbers and even celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant. Those areas of the brain are often in the same place for large groups of people. A recent study by Harvard Medical School found that for […]