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The robot teaches learning skills to autistic children and gauges their response in real time.
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A Foundation for Innovation
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What is the brain and what does it do? From ancient Egypt to modern day, explore how people in different cultures and time periods have thought about the brain and how it functions.
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The Moral Brain
Scientists don't claim to know how people determine right from wrong. However, they can study how the brain responds when an individual judges another's actions.
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Understanding the cause of "mad cow" disease and related conditions resulted in a fundamental shift in what scientists understood about proteins in brain disease.
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Erich Jarvis: Connecting Birdsong to Human Speech
A neuroscientist emphasizes the importance of a diverse workforce to tackle big questions about the mechanisms and evolution of spoken language.
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Designing Brain-Based Robots
For all the comparisons made, your brain is not actually like a computer. This makes designing a machine that performs like a human tricky.
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The Truth About Lies: The Science of Deception
Scientists want to understand the changes that take place in the brain when we deceive. What they find could one day have important moral and legal implications.
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Ben Barres: Glial Detective
One neuroscientist describes his commitment to improving the lives of patients and increasing opportunities for women in science.
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