Specialized synapses in our sensory organs enable us to walk, dance, and turn our heads without experiencing vertigo or losing our balance. These synapses process signals more quickly than any other parts of the human body. A small group of neuroscientists, physicists, and engineers from different institutions has now figured out how these synapses work. This…
Author: Rice University
Representational Similarity Analysis for Mapping Language Neuroplasticity
A new method developed by Rice University psychologists for analyzing brain activity mapped how the brain changes after a stroke and helped researchers understand the brain’s reorganization. A well-articulated network of cortical regions associated with single word reading has emerged over the past several decades, with the left ventral occipitotemporal cortex and the left angular…
Contextual Fear Memory Protein Synthesis Located In The Prelimbic Cortex
While the romantic idea of memories being akin to spirits may have poetic resonance, the scientists’ viewpoint is that memories are concrete, electrophysical entities that can be visualized within various regions of the brain. Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have now for the first time identified a sub-region in…