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Duke researchers have identified the social component to a young bird’s ability to learn songs from an adult. Credit: Dennis Irwin

October 18, 2018

Pupil's Brain Recognizes the Perfect Teacher

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Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D.

October 15, 2018

Terrie Moffitt Elected to National Academy of Medicine

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changes in NC heroin death rate

October 9, 2018

Taking on North Carolina’s Opioid Crisis through Research and Partnerships

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Use The Right Tools In The Right Ways To Address The Opioid Epidemic

September 27, 2018

Nicole Schramm-Sapyta: Use The Right Tools In The Right Ways To Address The Opioid Epidemic

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Sensory cells lining the gut are similar to cells on the tongue and in the nose. Now we know, they communicate with the brain.

September 20, 2018

“Gut Sense” is Hardwired, not Hormonal

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September 17, 2018

Circuit Found for Brain’s Statistical Inference About Motion

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The ganglion cell layer of the retina is labelled with red to show the presence of a cell sensitive to motion in the upward direction. In low light, these cells pick up the faintest signals of any kind of motion. (Image: Duke, Univ. of Victoria)

September 13, 2018

Eyes Have a Natural Version of Night Vision

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September 10, 2018

LaBar Named Associate Director of Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

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September 5, 2018

Regeneration Next: New Research on Regrowing Brain and Nerve Tissue

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R. Alison Adcock

August 17, 2018

Adcock to Direct Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

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A cartoon illustration of two white neurons with wavy lines in the background

July 18, 2018

Neurons Can Carry More Than One Signal at a Time

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One the left, a picture of the child; on the right, green dots showing the points on the face that the software detects

June 1, 2018

Mobile App for Autism Screening Yields Useful Data

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Viewpoints with Mary Klotman

May 18, 2018

What's Duke Doing to Better Understand and Treat Brain Diseases?

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Map marks areas of greatest increase in reports of opioid abuse

May 14, 2018

NC's Opioid Problems Growing, Moving Underground

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Four MRI scans of a brain in multiple colors

May 9, 2018

Breakdown of Brain’s Visual Networks Linked to Mental Illness

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Fritz Mayer with Jenni Owen, senior policy adviser to Gov. Roy Cooper, and Steve Mange, senior policy and strategy counsel to N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.

May 2, 2018

Scholars, Policymakers Hold Talks on State-University Partnerships Fighting the Opioid Crisis

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