Summary: Light to moderate weekly alcohol consumption during middle age could help preserve brain function as we get older. Compared to non-drinkers, those who had a drink or two a day tended to have better performance on cognitive tests over time.
June 30, 2020
Source: University of Georgia
Summary: The lateral septum encodes spatial information with a special emphasis on where the reward lies.
June 23, 2020
Source: David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
https://news.mit.edu/2020/treasure-map-brain-region-emphasizes-reward-location-0623
Summary: ‘Mommy brain’ is a long-held perception that mothers are more forgetful and less attentive. A new study shows that mothers are equally as attentive, or more attentive than, non-mothers.
June 23, 2020
Source: Purdue University
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200623145352.htm
Summary: Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others.
June 18, 2020
Source: NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200618150304.htm
Summary: Loneliness alters how the brain represents relationships, a new study reports.
June 15, 2020
Source: SfN
Summary: Developers hope that tools for processing natural language will help biomedical researchers and clinicians to find the COVID-19 papers that they need.
09 JUNE 2020
Source: Matthew Hutson, TECHNOLOGY FEATURE
Summary: The design could advance the development of small, portable AI devices.
June 8, 2020
Source: Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
https://news.mit.edu/2020/thousands-artificial-brain-synapses-single-chip-0608
Summary: Researchers have developed a new model of early embryonic brain development. The model, called MiSTR, allows researchers to create tissue that contains different brain regions and place them next to each other. The model produces results similar to embryonic brain development at five weeks post-fertilization.
May 26, 2020
Source: Lund University
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20 MAY 2020
Source: NATURE PODCAST
Summary: Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that helps break decisions down into smaller pieces.
May 16, 2019
Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office