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Movement
People Behind the Science: Meghan Campbell
The scientist describes her work examining cognition and dementia in Parkinson's disease.
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Computer Device Allows Paralyzed Man to Regain Movement
A computer hooked up to a patient’s brain reads his thoughts and translates those into electrical signals.
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Melding Mind and Machine
Brain-controlled prosthetics are making huge leaps forward thanks to new data.
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Signaling Across Brain Regions
Even something as simple as speaking requires the interplay of different brain areas.
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The Motor Cortex
This webpage explains how the simple act of touching your nose isn't so simple at all! It goes through all the steps in the brain from the want to touch your nose to the contraction of your muscles to touch the nose.
The Brain From Top to Bottom
People Behind the Science: Catherine Lang
The researcher discusses the complexities of motor rehabilitation in people with stroke.
People Behind the Science
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Reaction Times
Aiming for a moving target means compensating for your brain's own tardiness.
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Mysteries of the Brain: Evolving Brain
Using amazing new technologies, scientists are discovering that the basic movements in one tiny fish can teach us big ideas about how the brain's circuitry works.
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Could the Cerebellum Help Drive Creativity?
The highly connected region is active not only driving motor movements but also during cognitive tasks.
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Daniel Wolpert: The Real Reason for Brains
Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement.
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Whale Brains Provide Clues to Cognition
Neuroscientists have long understood that the cerebellum is important for controlling bodily movements, by making them more fluid and coordinated, but researchers have also long appreciated that cerebellum does much more.
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Some Ground-Dwelling Dinos Had the Brains to Fly
Researchers discover that even non-flying dinosaurs had brains with the motor and visual capabilities necessary to take wing.
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