Enlarge this image Rats and people may rely on “metamemory” in a variety of different ways, scientists say. For a rat, it’s…
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Enlarge this image Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare brain disease in 2010, and then learned she had inherited the…
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Enlarge this image In a study that tested the vision of people from a variety of professions, researchers at the University of…
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Enlarge this image Angie Wang for NPR Angie Wang for NPR After surgery to treat her epilepsy severed the connection between the…
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Enlarge this image When the neurons that release the neurotransmitter dopamine die, people develop Parkinson’s disease. Roger J. Bick &/Brian J. Poindexter…
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Enlarge this image NIH Director Francis Collins and Renée Fleming, who is Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center in Washington,…
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Enlarge this image Eight different real faces were shown to a monkey. The images were then reconstructed using analyzing electrical activity from…
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Why Brain Scientists Are Still Obsessed With The Curious Case Of Phineas Gage
by NPR May 21, 2017Enlarge this image Cabinet-card portrait of brain-injury survivor Phineas Gage (1823–1860), shown holding the tamping iron that injured him. Wikimedia hide caption…