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Mysteries of neuroscience

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2014Healthbrain mechanism, known unknowns, mental illness, three pound universe, treatment approaches

What we don’t know: Neuroscience research at CMHC

The third floor of the CMHC houses the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), an inpatient and outpatient research facility. It’s an honor to be asked to start a dialogue with you about what we do on the CNRU. Over the next few months, I’d like to introduce you to the scientists and clinicians and their teams that work on the CNRU. Today I’d like to introduce you to some of the things we do on the 3^rd floor. (more…)

Get off my lawn: Song Sparrows Escalate Territorial Threats

By Guest PostFebruary 17, 2013Naturebehavior, brain mechanism, caglar akcay, communication system, cornell university, discovery park, distinctive ways, early warning signal, elizabeth campbell, flipping the bird, hierarchical warning scheme, human language, learn language, learning, male song sparrow, mari tom, melospiza melodia, michael beecher, pattern of signaling, people, seattle, song matching, territorial song sparrows, territory, threatening signals, trespassing rivals, university of washington, wing waving

Territorial song sparrows use increasingly threatening signals to ward off trespassing rivals. First an early warning that matches the intruder’s song, then wing waving – a bird’s version of “flipping the bird” – as the dispute heats up, and finally, if all other signals have failed, attack.

This hierarchical warning scheme, discovered by researchers at the University of Washington, adds nuance to a communication system that has been long-used as a model to study how people use and learn language (more…)

‘Why Our Brains Get Tripped Up When We’re Anxious’

By Guest PostSeptember 15, 2010Scienceanxiety disorder, brain mechanism, neural inhibition, neural inhibitor

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study sheds light on the brain mechanisms that allow us to make choices and ultimately could be helpful in improving treatments for the millions of people who suffer from the effects of anxiety disorders. (more…)

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Mysteries of neuroscience

Get off my lawn: Song Sparrows Escalate Territorial Threats

‘Why Our Brains Get Tripped Up When We’re Anxious’