Cortex's self-organizing abilities in neural development
Researchers have investigated how highly organized patterns of neural activity emerge during development.
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Researchers have investigated how highly organized patterns of neural activity emerge during development.
In a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School investigated brain development to understand how different areas of the brain become specialized in handling information such as vision, sound, touch and planning.
For the first time, a study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory – one that remembers associations between time, place and what one did, and another that allows one to predict or plan future actions based on pas
/PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have long thought that rewards like food or money encourage learning in the brain by causing the release of the "feel-good" hormone...
Researchers have long thought that rewards like food or money encourage learning in the brain by causing the release of the "feel-good" hormone dopamine, known to reinforce storage of new information.