Etiketen artxiboa: neurociencias
Crucigramas contra el deterioro cognitivo
Un nuevo estudio revela las ventajas de hacer crucigramas frente al uso de videojuegos de ordenador para frenar el deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores.
The Most Common Pain Relief Drug in The World Induces Risky Behavior
One of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – could do a lot more than simply take the edge off your headache.
Electrical stimulation helps paralysed people walk again — and now we know why
Detailed gene-activity map could pave way for more precise treatments for many more people with spinal-cord injuries.
Crows Perform Yet Another Skill Once Thought Distinctively Human
Scientists demonstrate that crows are capable of recursion—a key feature in grammar. Not everyone is convinced
Faster MRI scan captures brain activity in mice
Improved technique could provide fine-scale insights into how brain regions communicate.
Crean microchips ‘vivos’ a partir de células cerebrales humanas capaces de jugar a videojuegos
Los chips biológicos, creados a partir de células madre cultivadas sobre una placa informática, jugaron al popular ‘Pong’, basado en el tenis de mesa
Human ‘mini-brains’ implanted in rats prompt excitement — and concern
Rat–human hybrid brains offer new ways to study human neuro disorders, but also raise ethical questions.
¿Sería posible mejorar las capacidades cognitivas de los chimpancés?
¿Y cómo sería la vida de estos chimpancés hipotéticos, capaces de hablar? Los científicos tratan de responder a la pregunta.
How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution
How Transformers Seem to Mimic Parts of the Brain
Neural networks originally designed for language processing turn out to be great models of how our brains understand places.