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The Neuroscience of Drumming: Researchers Discover the Secrets of Drumming & The Human Brain – Open Culture
An old musician’s joke goes “there are three kinds of drummers in the world—those who can count and those who can’t.” But perhaps there is an even more global divide. Perhaps there are three kinds of people in the world—those … Continue reading
Methylation Aging Clock: An Update – Science Blog
Methylation of DNA is the best-known mode of epigenetic regulation (turning genes on and off). Methylation patterns are stable unless they are actively changed, and can persist over decades, even across generations. Four years ago, biostatistician Steve Horvath of UCLA … Continue reading
How the brain instantly separates trash from treasure – ScienceBlog.com
Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have discovered how the brain can determine an object’s value almost as soon as we see it. The team found the brain can begin processing value just 80 milliseconds after seeing something. That’s less than a tenth … Continue reading
NPR Invisibilia // Alien Hand
Invisibilia, NPR’s radio program and podcast that fuses storytelling with science, came to us with their very first animation assignment. The story of a woman who’s hand has a mind of its own.
Early Briton had dark skin and blue eyes – BBC
Scientists put a face to Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest complete skeleton from 10,000 years ago. A cutting-edge scientific analysis shows that a Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark brown skin and blue eyes. Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum … Continue reading
What’s in a Lichen? How Scientists Got It Wrong for 150 Years | Short Film Showcase
For 150 years, scientists believed lichen were defined by a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and algae. Meet the team of researchers who upended this belief in this short film by Andy Johnson, Talia Yuki Moore, Chris A. Johns, and … Continue reading
Minimally invasive blood test for Alzheimer’s disease announced – ScienceBlog.com
Scientists from Japan and Australia have teamed up to develop and validate a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, with the potential to massively ramp up the pace of Alzheimer’s disease drug trials. The blood test measures a specific peptide in … Continue reading
In wine, there’s health: Low levels of alcohol good for the brain – ScienceBlog.com
While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that it may actually help clean the mind as well. The new study, which appears in the journal Scientific Reports, shows … Continue reading
Your brain reveals who your friends are – ScienceBlog.com
You may perceive the world the way your friends do, according to a Dartmouth study finding that friends have similar neural responses to real-world stimuli and these similarities can be used to predict who your friends are. The researchers found … Continue reading
New study reveals how brain waves control working memory – ScienceBlog.com
MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the brain’s ability to control what it’s thinking about relies on low-frequency brain waves known as beta rhythms. In a memory task requiring information to be held in working memory for short periods of … Continue reading
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