Brain

Wiring the brain

12 April 2012

Scientists have created a simple new model of the human brain which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.

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Neurons, in vitrio colour!

̽»¨Ö±²¥man with the golden brain

13 December 2011

What’s the point of a brain? This fundamental question has led Professor Daniel Wolpert to some remarkable conclusions about how and why the brain controls and predicts movement. In a recent talk for TED, Wolpert explores the research that resulted in him receiving the Golden Brain Award.

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Functional neuroimaging of the human brain

̽»¨Ö±²¥communicative brain

29 November 2011

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.

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