The development of the human brain is one of the most complex biological processes. During the first years of life, enormous ...

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The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

By activating the visual cortex electrically, those modules generate simple spots or patterns of light that the brain can try to make sense of.

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In a massive scientific effort, hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse brain and then overlayed their firing patterns in ...

Rather than having distinct departments for blindness, paralysis and sensory disorders, scientists are developing a unified ...