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Category: f – Neuroscience

Includes pieces about topics in neuroscience.

The neuroscience of eating disorders

Written By: Laura Meng During the 19th century, Sir William Gull formally proposed the clinical term Anorexia nervosa (AN) to … More

An Investigation on our love for blackboards

By: Mathilde Papillon The blackboard. This archaic teaching tool is in practically every single class of any science student. It … More

What Is the human brain project?

(image: Greg Dunn – wired.com) In 2013, the Human Brain Project (HBP) was granted €1-billion by the European Commission’s Future … More

brain initiative, Human Brain Project, neuroscience

First language shapes later processing patterns in the brain

  By Leanne Louie Whether you still speak it or not, your first language dictates the way your brain processes … More

Language processing, MSURJ, neuroscience

The cognitive neuroscience of deception

Truth about lies, the highest governing process Ji Yun Shin We have probably encountered many troubling scenarios in life where … More

deception, neuroscience

[Profile] Jenna Hotton, synaptic characterization of the DCN circuit

Generally speaking, most people think of what is referred to as the cerebral cortex when they think of the brain. … More

Gender bias in neuroscience: SfN’s San Diego Symposium

This weekend, San Diego hosted the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting. Among topics ranging from neural injury and plasticity to … More

gender bias, hannah valantine, muriel miederle, peter glick, sfn, society for neuroscience

NIMH “throws shade” on APA weeks before new DSM

Only a few weeks ago, blogs were heralding the impending arrival of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical … More

american psychiatry association, brain initiative, national institute of mental health, science

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