New research could improve treatments for Parkinson's, epilepsy
UO neuroscientists may have a new way to make deep brain stimulation more effective
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UO neuroscientists may have a new way to make deep brain stimulation more effective
<p>The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the six pairs of researchers who will make up its 2023 class of Innovation Fund investigators. These 12 acclaimed scientists—all alumni or advisors of Pew’s biomedical programs in the United States and Latin America—will partner on interdisciplinary research projects exploring key questions in human biology and disease</p> <p> </p>
Research into the capabilities of the great apes has shown that, in many ways, our closest ancestors can be remarkably human. While the great ape's
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will honor 18 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, social, and medical sciences.Wolfgang Baumeister,
Credit: UPF ften, humans display biases, i.e., unconscious tendencies towards a type of decision. Despite decades of study, we are yet to discover why biases are so persistent in all types of decisions. "Biases can help us make better decisions when we use them correctly in an action that has previously given us great reward. However, in other cases, biases can play against us, such as when we repeat actions in situations when it would be better not to", says Rubén Moreno Bote, coordinator of the UPF Theoretical and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. In these cases, decisions are guided by t...