Brain science
- Avi Blizovsky
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New research suggests that the brain uses the same cells in different patterns to learn new information without erasing previous memories.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Octopuses have been able to use their eyes to find prey behind them, providing new evidence of the surprising evolution of intelligence.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers from Google and Harvard have developed ERA, an artificial intelligence system that runs and improves thousands of versions of code for scientific tasks. In experiments, it has improved models for predicting coronavirus hospitalizations, integrating single-cell RNA data, and predicting neural activity.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Harvard's Kempner Institute and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science at the Hebrew University will conduct joint academic activities in the field that connects brain research and artificial intelligence.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers have mapped 3D networks of support cells in the mouse brain for the first time, revealing long-range connections between distant regions and between the two hemispheres.
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
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The Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning Laboratory at Tel Aviv University, funded by the Israel National Science Foundation, is developing dedicated MRI sequences and algorithms that translate “signal signatures” into biological indicators – with a focus on multiple sclerosis and reducing
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
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With all due respect to electrical signals, the language of the brain is chemistry. In a pioneering study, researchers at Tel Aviv University have managed to use imaging devices to see this chemistry in action.
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
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- Tel Aviv University
A pilot study published in the journal Brain Stimulation found that fMRI-based personalized TMS therapy, administered immediately after traumatic memory activation during the reconsolidation phase, reduced flashbacks and intrusive thoughts in ten participants.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Experiments indicate higher-than-expected tactile sensitivity; humans achieved 70.7% accuracy, and researchers see potential for robotics, assistive technologies, and searching in limited visibility conditions
- Tel Aviv University
A study by Tel Aviv University, the Technion, and Ichilov in Nature Medicine found that positive anticipation that activates the VTA region of the reward system is associated with a stronger immune response in humans.
- Ben-Gurion University
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In an experiment with 421 participants who were required to recall words after a minute and a half and after a day, more than 4,000 “memory justifications” were collected. Despite a decrease in the number of items recalled, the linguistic content and detail of the justifications for the items that were correctly recalled remained the same.
- Avi Blizovsky
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New research suggests that human language is less “compressed” than digital code, but saves the brain effort with familiar patterns and prediction
- Avi Blizovsky
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The researchers showed that a deficiency in SIRT6 (which declines with age) diverts tryptophan into the neurotoxic kynurenine pathway at the expense of serotonin and melatonin production; inhibiting the enzyme TDO2 in fruit flies reduced brain damage and neuromotor deterioration. The findings were published in Nature
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers have found that the brain repeatedly relies on the same cognitive “building blocks” when performing different types of tasks. By reassembling these blocks in new ways, the brain can rapidly generate behaviors
- Haifa University
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Prof. Pavel Goldstein of the University of Haifa is leading a revolutionary approach to treating chronic neuroplastic pain, based on training the brain to change the “danger signal” – and showing that even pain that has lasted for years can pass when understood.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers at MIT have discovered that the prefrontal cortex doesn't just send "general commands" to the rest of the brain—it tailors its messages specifically to different areas, depending on arousal level and movement.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum are investigating why consciousness evolved and why different species have developed it in different ways. By comparing humans to birds, they show that complex consciousness may arise through different neural structures.
- Davidson Institute
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Tom, paralyzed in all four limbs, was able to fly a drone and navigate an obstacle course using an implanted microelectrode array and decoding “virtual” finger movements – a leap forward in the accuracy and speed of BCI control.
- Weizmann Institute
Weizmann Institute and Ichilov Institute study reveals, using electrodes deep in the brain, how loss avoidance mechanisms affect learning, memory, and anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders
- Weizmann Institute
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists have developed a new optogenetic technology that allows them to study the activity of the oxytocin system deep in the young brain. Their findings show that this protein, known as the "love hormone," influences the coping of mouse pups.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Severely paralyzed people will be able to "speak to themselves" and the computer will translate it into the words they wanted to say but couldn't.
- Tel Aviv University
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With the participation of Professor Oded Rechavi, Department of Neurobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences and School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University (Hebrew only)
- The Hebrew University
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Addiction, Cocaine Withdrawal, Hebrew University, Neuroscience, Reward System, Negative Emotions, ICARe, Prof. Jonathan Kopchik, Withdrawal Symptoms, Ventral Pallidum
- One Truth For Everyone
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A comprehensive rational review undermines belief in the existence of souls, ghosts, and the success of mediums – and presents scientific explanations for phenomena that are ostensibly attributed to the afterlife but are in fact merely figments of the imagination.
- Avi Blizovsky
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- Weizmann Institute
New research from the Weizmann Institute presents a fascinating turn in sensory research – mice whiskers not only sense touch, but also produce sounds that are captured by the auditory system and used to identify objects.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The paradox is that sensory input processing is done at a speed 100 million times faster than the speed of thought * Principal Investigator: "At any given moment, we extract only 10 bits out of a trillion that our senses perceive and use."
- Tel Aviv University
The researchers found that they were also able to produce a sound map of the area in their minds
- Tel Aviv University
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The researchers revealed vulnerabilities in the brain support system. The research offers hope for new gene therapies to improve brain cell function
- Ben-Gurion University
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Research from Ben-Gurion University reveals that humans can assess the veracity of others' memories at the same level as language processing models, and in some cases even better than them.
- The Hebrew University
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Groundbreaking research reveals that marmosets mark each other by name using unique calls, an ability that until now was thought to be the exclusive preserve of a limited number of species. The findings provide new insights
- Avi Blizovsky
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New research in mice suggests that the brain creates multiple copies of memories, allowing it to regulate their change over time
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new research method proposes to analyze changes in behavior and leaps in learning to study consciousness, using sudden increases in learning - "eureka moments" - to identify conscious thought processes and study the mechanisms
- Avi Blizovsky
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The Wolf Foundation in cooperation with the Israeli research universities selected the team of promising researchers of the Israeli Academy for 2024
- Weizmann Institute
Collaboration between Israeli researchers, Chinese students and artificial intelligence reveals new wrinkles between the folds of orphan proteins and updates chapters in the theory of evolution
- Weizmann Institute
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science discovered that tears activate human olfactory receptors, even though they are odorless, affecting the brain activity associated with aggression - and leading to more peaceful and less vengeful behavior
- Weizmann Institute
From depression and anxiety to diabetes - health conditions resulting from chronic stress affect women and men differently. A new study in mice maps at the single-cell level molecular differences in the stress response in the brains of females
- Avi Blizovsky
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- Avi Blizovsky
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- Scientific American Israel
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- Scientific American Israel
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