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How Brain Maps Memories Without Movement

How Brain Maps Memories Without Movement

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Summary: Mental maps in the brain are activated when thinking about sequences of experiences, even without physical movement. In an animal study, ...

Robot Masters Terrain with Animal-Like Gait Transitions

Robot Masters Terrain with Animal-Like Gait Transitions

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Summary: Researchers leveraged deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to enable a robot to adaptively switch gaits, mimicking animal movements like trotting and pronking, ...

Spinal Cord Learns and Remembers Movements Autonomously

Spinal Cord Learns and Remembers Movements Autonomously

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: The spinal cord possesses its own learning and memory capabilities, challenging the long-held view of it as merely a message relay ...

Unlocking Motion: The Unexpected Complexity of Motor Neurons

Unlocking Motion: The Unexpected Complexity of Motor Neurons

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: Researchers upended traditional views on motor neurons through their groundbreaking study on fruit flies. Demonstrating that individual motor neurons can produce ...

Dopamine’s Role in Movement Explored

Dopamine’s Role in Movement Explored

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: A new study explains how dopamine influences movement sequences, offering hope for Parkinson’s disease (PD) therapies. Researchers observed that dopamine not ...

Neural Insights Reveal the Secrets of Locomotion

Neural Insights Reveal the Secrets of Locomotion

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Summary: Researchers made a breakthrough in understanding how stick insects control their leg muscles during walking, challenging previous assumptions about motor neuron ...

Brain Pathway Linking Movement, Addiction, and Rewards Discovered

Brain Pathway Linking Movement, Addiction, and Rewards Discovered

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown connection between the brain’s basal ganglia and cerebellum, altering our understanding of motor learning and ...

These four social media influencers were swept up by a movement that claims obesity is perfectly healthy… The tragic truth is they have all died under the age of 45

These four social media influencers were swept up by a movement that claims obesity is perfectly healthy… The tragic truth is they have all died under the age of 45

Health
Sarah Carter

Last week MoS investigated America’s Fat Pride culture war ‘battleground’  Influencers such as 31-stone Brittany Sauer have tragically lost their lives  The ...

The shattering of Schengen: The map that reveals how ELEVEN countries – from France to Slovakia, Sweden to Germany

The shattering of Schengen: The map that reveals how ELEVEN countries – from France to Slovakia, Sweden to Germany

World
Emily Foster

By Sue Reid 22:58 12 Nov 2023, updated 12:05 13 Nov 2023 Share or comment on this article: Day by day, the ...