September 4, 2024
Duke Launches Search for Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Director
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August 15, 2024
Congresswoman Foushee Visits Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
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A stylized image based on the average of many MRI scans of a typically younger-looking brain (left) and typically older-looking brain (right). Image credit – photo illustration: Dan Vahaba/Duke University; images from Annchen Knodt/Duke University (brain); Vilar Rodrigo/Wikimedia (dense city photograph); and IDuke/Wikimedia (aerial neighborhood photograph).
Brain scans from 4,215 adults revealed that people with PTSD had smaller cerebellums, especially those with more severe symptoms. (Credit: Dan Vahaba/Duke University)
November 27, 2023
How Watching Your Brain Activity Can Teach You How to Psych Yourself Up
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Participants tracked a green dot on a screen while researchers listened to the sounds made in their ear canals using microphone-embedded earbuds (Meredith Schmehl/Duke University).
A device no bigger than a postage stamp (dotted portion within white band) packs 128 microscopic sensors that can translate brain cell activity into what someone intends to say (photograph by Dan Vahaba/Duke University).
November 6, 2023
Duke Scientists Create Brain Implant That May Enable Communication From Thoughts Alone
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October 26, 2023
Duke Researchers Probe the Magic of Psychedelics as Medicine
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People watching videos of slowly unfolding line-drawings opted to wait for the image to eventually be revealed, but only when they reported being curious about the outcome. Less curious people skipped ahead to see the answer sooner.
When forced to choose whether a racially ambiguous face is Black or White, kids and their parents pick a race different from their own (image from Pexels/Kampus Production).
Telling people to plan rather than burgle an art museum boosts their memory for the perused paintings. (Credit: contributed by StockSnap via Pixabay).
July 24, 2023
Parents’ Gift Honors an Adviser Who Helped Their Daughter’s Interest in Brain Science
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Companion robots, like the ElliQ featured above, may one day help lonely adults feel more socially connected. (Image: Intuition Robotics)