In the last few years, powerful experimental techniques that can monitor the activity of many neurons at once have generated
a new field of neuroscience — «neural dynamics» — which uses sophisticated mathematical models to describe how brain activity evolves on a moment - to - moment basis.
Not exact matches
A trained psychologist based at the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, he has become the leader
of a relatively
new field called contemplative
neuroscience - the brain science
of meditation.
Hopes that education will draw genuine benefit from
neuroscience may rest on a
new but rapidly growing
field of «neuroeducational» research that combines both
fields.
«We believe our study has the potential to open a complete
new field of investigation in modern
neuroscience by demonstrating that even the simplest functions
of the motor cortex, such as creating body movements, are heavily influenced by the type
of social relationships among the animals participating,» said senior author Miguel Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D..
A recent study by Joan Y. Chiao, then at Northwestern University, a founder
of the
new field of cultural
neuroscience, found that voters perceive male candidates as more competent and dominant than female ones, based on facial features alone.
The revolution in
neuroscience is often characterized as a revolution in
new imaging technology.A long overdue reassessment
of neuroimaging machines — in particular the functional magnetic resonance imager — has underlined that what you see is not always what you get.A study published this year in Perspectives on Psychological Science noted that many papers in social
neuroscience, the
field that examines the neurobiology
of social behavior, suffered from faulty analyses that produced «voodoo correlations» in their data.
The merging
of research in these various
fields coalesced into a
new discipline that we now call cognitive
neuroscience.
Milner pioneered an entirely
new scientific discipline — which Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel described as creating the
new field of cognitive
neuroscience by merging neurology and psychology.
The Kavli Foundation recently held a conversation with the
new laureates to learn what led them to study memory and cognition, the challenges they faced in getting the
neuroscience community to accept findings that often went against the conventional wisdom
of the time, and where they see cognitive
neuroscience as a
field headed.
Scheller impressed Kandel with his desire to enter the realm
of neuroscience with no previous background in the
field, and his use
of the
new recombinant DNA techniques to identify genes encoding for signalling molecules called neuropeptides.
Within the
fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental
neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics
of social behavior and develop
new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding
of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets
of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.
The theme
of this year's meeting is «Expanding horizons in Neurosciences:
New approaches to Brain Activation», which will provide an international platform for discussion and sharing
of novel ideas for present and future expansions in various
fields of neurology such as Neuroimmunology, Neurological disorders, Neuro Oncology, Neuroimaging, Cognitive
neuroscience and expertise meeting.
This work bridges health psychology and
neuroscience and falls under the
new field of health
neuroscience, which Creswell is credited with co-founding.
New York City; Oxford About Blog The journal publishes peer - reviewed studies on neuropathology and experimental
neuroscience, book reviews, letters, and Association news, covering a broad spectrum
of fields in basic
neuroscience with an emphasis on human neurological diseases.
His
new book, Age
of Opportunity, mines his own research and that
of others from the
fields of psychology, sociology, history, education, medicine, law, criminology, public health, and
neuroscience to provide «lessons from the
new science
of adolescence.»
I'm no scientist, but I do know that as the
field of neuroscience advances and
new discoveries are made, the implications for teaching and learning get more compelling.
That said, advances in
fields like
neuroscience and genetics may well lead in coming years to the identification
of new intelligences or the reorganization
of existing intelligences.
But
new research in the
field of neuroscience is starting to shed light on the ways that brains are wired to forget — highlighting the importance
of strategies to retain knowledge and make learning stick.
New York City; Oxford About Blog The journal publishes peer - reviewed studies on neuropathology and experimental
neuroscience, book reviews, letters, and Association news, covering a broad spectrum
of fields in basic
neuroscience with an emphasis on human neurological diseases.
New York City; Oxford About Blog The journal publishes peer - reviewed studies on neuropathology and experimental
neuroscience, book reviews, letters, and Association news, covering a broad spectrum
of fields in basic
neuroscience with an emphasis on human neurological diseases.
The two partners are undergraduate students at
New York University (NYU) and each is now majoring in finance, a
field far removed from their original spheres
of neuroscience and media.
Successfully launched
new products and increased market share
of mature products in
neurosciences, psychiatry and the cardiovascular
fields.
The Journal is already the leading international outlet devoted to reporting interdisciplinary research on behavioural development, and is now, in response to the rapidly developing
fields of behavioural genetics,
neuroscience and developmental psychopathology, seeking to expand its scope to these and other related
new domains
of scholarship.
Revolutionary advances in the
field of neuroscience continue to present
new opportunities for therapeutic breakthroughs — regardless
of what form
of therapy you practice.
Developmental Traumatology, the systematic investigation
of the psychiatric and psychobiological impact
of overwhelming and chronic interpersonal violence (maltreatment in childhood) on the developing child, is a relatively
new area
of study that synthesizes knowledge from an array
of scientific
fields including: developmental psychopathology, developmental
neuroscience, and stress and trauma research.
New York City; Oxford About Blog The journal publishes peer - reviewed studies on neuropathology and experimental
neuroscience, book reviews, letters, and Association news, covering a broad spectrum
of fields in basic
neuroscience with an emphasis on human neurological diseases.