Legend: Results of a study in which toddlers learned new words in environments with different levels of background noise. The solid vertical line marks the onset of the target word. The dashed vertical line marks …
Month: March 2016
Single brain cells reveal genes controlling formation, development
In one of the first studies to “read” the genetic activity inside individual brain cells, University of Wisconsin—Madison neuroscientist Xinyu Zhao has identified the genetic machinery that causes maturation in a young nerve cell.
Seth Pollak, PhD
Legend: The major foci in the brain that appear to show disparities in poor children are the hippocampus and frontal lobe. These 3D renderings depict the hippocampus in blue and the frontal lobe in red/yellow. …
Harnessing technology to assist those with impaired vision
March 03, 2016 Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty You are hungry. You get a can from the pantry or some leftovers from the fridge, warm up the food in the microwave and sit down to eat a …