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Neuroscientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will investigate how obesity influences brain ...

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Scientists are working on AI technology that has brain-inspired hardware, architecture or algorithms. Such neuromorphic AI could be nimbler, more efficient ...

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

A small study suggests that gut imbalances may explain why some autistic children experience changes in brain function and ...

Adapting to changes through repeated exposure. The human brain can learn to filter out distracting or disruptive stimuli, ...

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The human brain can learn through experience to filter out disturbing and distracting stimuli -- such as a glaring roadside billboard or a flashing banner on the internet. Scientists have used ...