SciShorts: Scientists Trace the Thought Process of a Human Brain

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley have managed to trace the progress of a thought through the human brain. Through this experiment, scientists have been able to note how the prefrontal cortex helps the brain coordinate activity based on perception. The scientists were also able to find that the brain gets ready to respond even […]

SciShorts: Alzheimer’s Can Spread Like a Viral Disease

Through studies done on mice, researchers have discovered that Alzheimer’s disease could spread like a viral infection. One of the biggest symptoms of Alzheimer’s is the formation of clumps in the brain. This is due to a protein called amyloid-β. It was discovered that when this protein accumulated in the brain, the connections between regions […]

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