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https://read.qxmd.com/read/34276078/the-brain-learns-in-unexpected-ways-neuroscientists-have-discovered-a-set-of-unfamiliar-cellular-mechanisms-for-making-fresh-memories
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R Douglas Fields
The connecting points between neurons, called synapses, are where learning is thought to occur. Yet the synapses alone store recollections of only the most elementary reflexes. Learning and memory require the coupling of information from many different brain regions. This activity alters the physical structure of myelin, the insulating material surrounding the wiring that connects neurons. Myelin, it turns out , plays a key role in learning by adjusting the speed of information transmission through neural networks...
March 2020: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34276077/the-roots-of-human-aggression-experiments-in-humans-and-animals-have-started-to-identify-how-violent-behaviors-begin-in-the-brain
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R Douglas Fields
From his sniper's perch on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel in las vegas, a lone gunman fired 1,000 bullets from high-powered rifles into a crowd of concertgoers in 2017, murdering 58 innocent people and injuring 869 others. After he committed suicide at the crime scene, the mass murderer's brain was shipped to Stanford University to seek a possible biological explanation for this depraved incident. What could the scientists possibly find during such an inspection? Quite a lot, in fact. No genetic test for homicidal behavior is in the offing...
May 2019: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328843/measure-for-measure
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Clara Moskowitz
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328842/back-in-time
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Dan Coe
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328841/artificial-wood
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Sid Perkins
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328840/lifelong-learning
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Matthew Hutson
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328839/time-for-women-leaders
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Matthew Hutson
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328838/dereliction-of-duty
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328837/the-health-wealth-gap
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Robert M Sapolsky
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328836/team-players
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Jeffrey Marlow, Rogier Braakman
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328835/sleep-learning-gets-real
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Ken A Paller, Delphine Oudiette
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328834/50-100-150-years-ago
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Daniel C Schlenoff
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328833/the-environmental-cost-of-inequality
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James K Boyce
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328832/watching-north-korea
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328831/decoding-alien-senses
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(no author information available yet)
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328830/driving-mr-pogue
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David Pogue
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328829/a-rigged-economy
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Joseph E Stiglitz
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328828/recommended
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October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328827/letters
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(no author information available yet)
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30328826/pets-gone-wild
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Steve Mirsky
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 16, 2018: Scientific American
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