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The locations on the back of the scalp where visual areas gave strong electrical responses to familiar images.

Neurons respond strongly to stream of familiar images

Neurons were found to respond more strongly to a stream of familiar images than to a stream of unfamiliar images.

Byron Yu is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering and a member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition.

Dimensionality reduction helps neuroscience studies

Big data is beginning to become very applicable in neuroscience research.

Tattoos are inflammations

This week's How Things Work is about the science behind tattoos.

Pugwash: ZMapp distribution is debated

Student Pugwash is a non-advocacy, educational organization that discusses the implications of science. This article is a summary of last week’s discussion on Ebola and experimental drugs.

SciTech Briefs

This week's SciTech Briefs covers children's brains, messages sent between brains, space tourism, malaria and magnets, fire-detecting satellites, and archerfish.

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