Why it’s unlikely Mount Vesuvius really turned a brain to glass
A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.
Rethinking Brain Evolution: Birds and Mammals Took Different Paths to Intelligence
Science has published two studies, led by an Ikerbasque researcher at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and ...
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Newfound circuit better explains how the brain recognizes what is familiar and important
A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just "background noise." Led by ...
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Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals
Distribution of the different neuron types in the chick brain (black background) Distribution of the different neuron types in the chick brain (white background) Distribution of the different ...