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Process for Regenerating Neurons in the Eye and Brain Identified

Oct. 5, 2020 — A team of researchers has identified networks of genes that regulate the process responsible for determining whether neurons will regenerate in certain animals, such as ...

Pain Relief Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Help Explain COVID-19 Spread

Oct. 1, 2020 — Research shows SARS-CoV-2 promotes pain relief through the receptor neuropilin-1, which gives scientists a new target for non-opioid pain therapeutics and offers one possible explanation for the ...

Survey Finds American Support for Human-Animal Chimera Research

Oct. 1, 2020 — In September 2015, the US National Institutes of Health placed a funding moratorium on research that involves introducing human pluripotent stem cells into animal embryos. To assess attitudes on ...

New Brain Cell-Like Nanodevices Work Together to Identify Mutations in Viruses

Sep. 24, 2020 — Scientists have described a new nanodevice that acts almost identically to a brain cell. Furthermore, they have shown that these synthetic brain ...

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Brain Circuitry Underlying Dissociative Experiences

Sep. 16, 2020 — Scientists identified key brain circuitry that plays a role in the mysterious experience called dissociation, in which people can feel disconnected from their own body and from ...

Future Autonomous Machines May Build Trust Through Emotion

Sep. 15, 2020 — Research has extended the state-of-the-art in autonomy by providing a more complete picture of how actions and nonverbal signals contribute to promoting cooperation. Researchers suggested guidelines ...

Experiments Reveal Why Human-Like Robots Elicit Uncanny Feelings

Sep. 10, 2020 — Experiments reveal a dynamic process that leads to the uncanny valley, with implications for both the design of robots and for understanding how we perceive one another as ...

New Electronic Skin Can React to Pain Like Human Skin

Sep. 1, 2020 — New pain-sensing prototype mimics the body's near-instant feedback response and reacts to painful sensations with the same lighting speed that nerve signals travel to the brain. It's a significant ...

Sleep Duration, Efficiency and Structure Change in Space

Aug. 26, 2020 — It's hard to get a good night's sleep in space. An evaluation of astronauts serving on the Mir space station found that they experienced shorter sleep durations, more wakefulness, and changes in the ...

How 'Swapping Bodies' With a Friend Changes Our Sense of Self

Aug. 26, 2020 — A new study shows that, when pairs of friends swapped bodies in a perceptual illusion, their beliefs about their own personalities became more similar to their beliefs about their friends' ...

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Optical Illusions Explained in a Fly's Eyes

Aug. 24, 2020 — Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists who have tried to explain the phenomenon. ...

To Perceive Faces, Your Brain Relies on a Process Similar to Face Recognition Systems

Aug. 17, 2020 — Imagine if every time you looked at a face, one side of the face always appeared distorted as if it were melting, resembling a painting by Salvador ...

Evidence in Mice That Electroacupuncture Reduces Inflammation Via Specific Neural Pathways

Aug. 12, 2020 — Stimulating the nervous system using small electric current by acupuncture could tamp down systemic inflammation in the body, suggests new research ...

Nanotubes in the Eye That Help Us See

Aug. 12, 2020 — A new mechanism of blood redistribution that is essential for the proper functioning of the adult retina has just been discovered in ...