Bees may help improve robotic vision, says study
May 14th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Scientists have unravelled how the bee brain uses multiple rules to process visual problems, a breakthrough that could enable robots see as clearly as humans, a ... Read more...
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Brain tells you whether to stay or go while foraging
June 7th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Every creature that forages for food decides at some point that the food source it is working on is no richer than the rest of the ... Read more...
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How the brain compresses visual info
February 11th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): A Johns Hopkins study has shed light on how the brain compresses visual information to understand it.A team, led by neuroscientists Ed Connor and Kechen Zhang, found that ... Read more...
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New computational model could tell how the brain recognizes objects
June 9th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research have developed a new computational model to describe how the human brain visually identifies objects.The model accurately predicts human ... Read more...
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The Hobbit’s small brain was not unusual in comparison to other primates
January 27th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 27 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found out that the reduction in brain size during the evolution of the ancient hominid species known as 'the hobbit', is not ... Read more...
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54-million-year-old skull reveals surprises about early evolution of primate brains
January 2nd, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 2 (ANI): Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Winnipeg, US, have developed the first detailed images of a 54-million-year-old primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing ... Read more...
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Scientists identify brain’s tiny timekeepers
October 26th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 26 (IANS) How does your brain recall that you brush your teeth before you took a shower, and not the other way around? A study has now identified groups of ... Read more...
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Time-keeping neurons in brain discovered
October 23rd, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): The timing of individual actions, like speaking, driving a car, or throwing a football, requires very precise control, and now neuroscientists have discovered groups of neurons that precisely ... Read more...
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Primates evolved larger brains to hop between trees
July 1st, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new study, in which scientists scanned a 54-million-year-old skull roughly the size of a walnut, has suggested that primates such as lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans ... Read more...
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54-million-year-old skull may reveal how primates got larger brain
June 23rd, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 23 (ANI): Following the analysis of a well-preserved skull from 54 million years ago, researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed ... Read more...
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Brain cell growth begins to decline early in adulthood
November 14th, 2007 - 2:18 am ICT by admin
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