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Primates in the News
Neuroscience
- Brain Frontal Lobes Not Sole Center of Human Intelligence, Comparative Research Suggests (ScienceDaily; May 13, 2013)
- Regaining Lost Brain Function (MIT Technology Review; April 23, 2013)
- Restoring paretic hand function via an artificial neural connection bridging spinal cord injury (EurekAlert; April 11, 2013)
- Researchers discover the brain origins of variation in pathological anxiety (University of Wisconsin-Madison News; March 26, 2013)
- Research findings shed light on how neurons translate sensory input into actions (News-Medical; April 3, 2013)
- Babies' flexible squeals may enable them to talk later (ScienceNews; April 1, 2013)
- Pavlov Inverted: Reward Linked to Image Is Enough to Activate Brain's Visual Cortex (ScienceDaily; March 21, 2013)
- Fluorescent Neural Cells from Monkey Skin Mature Into Several Types of Brain Cells in Monkeys (ScienceDaily; March 14, 2013)
- Memory of chimps 'far better than human' (Financial Times; February 15, 2013)
- Scientists Cast Light Onto Roots of Illness Deep in the Brain (Wall Street Journal; January 21, 2013)
- Making Maps In The Brain (LiveScience; January 15, 2013)
- UNC scientists: Using virus to deliver genetic material slows kids' illness (Winston-Salem Journal; January 9, 2013)
- Scientists identify unselfish brain cells in monkeys (LiveScience; December 28, 2012)
- Neural Interaction in Silence: Neurophysiologists Study Widespread Networks of Neurons Responsible for Memory (ScienceDaily; November 19, 2012)
- Seeing the World Through the Eyes of an Orangutan (ScienceDaily; November 27, 2012)
- Monkeys keep the beat without outside help (ScienceNews; October 31, 2012)
- Why quick thinking might lead to bad decisions (NBC News; November 7, 2012)
- Primates' Brains Make Visual Maps Using Triangular Grids (ScienceDaily; October 28, 2012)
- New Research Reveals More About How the Brain Processes Facial Expressions and Emotions (ScienceDaily; October 15, 2012)
- How the Brain Does "Attention" Is Still Unknown (Scientific American; October 10, 2012)
- Scientists track how a rat changes its mind (MSNBC; October 4, 2012)
- Human Brains Develop Wiring Slowly, Differing from Chimpanzees (ScienceDaily; September 25, 2012)
- Neural Implant Recovers Ability to Make Decisions, Monkey Study Shows (ScienceDaily; September 12, 2012)
- Monkey brains sensitive to others' flubs (ScienceNews; August 6, 2012)
- Controlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light (ScienceDaily; July 26, 2012)
- Scientists Read Monkeys' Inner Thoughts: Brain Activity Decoded While Monkeys Avoid Obstacle to Touch Target (ScienceDaily; July 19, 2012)
- Scientists proved that 'blindsight' is used in everyday life scenes (EurekAlert; June 28, 2012)
- Transgenic technique to 'eliminate' a specific neural circuit of the brain in primates (EurekAlert; June 25, 2012)
- How You Feel What Another Body Feels (Scientific American; June 26, 2012)
- Manipulation of a specific neural circuit buried in complicated brain networks in primates (EurekAlert; June 17, 2012)
- Scientists use light to control brain with flick of a switch (Telegraph; June 17, 2012)
- A Different Drummer: Engineers Discover Neural Rhythms Drive Physical Movement (ScienceDaily; June 3, 2012)
- Rare neurons discovered in monkey brains (ScienceBlog; May 21, 2012)
- Device gives hope to victims of spinal cord injuries (KGO-TV, San Francisco; May 9, 2012)
- Rare neurons found in monkeys' brains (ScienceNews; May 9, 2012)
- Where in the Brain We Separate 'Dog' from 'Cat' (The Atlantic; May 7, 2012)
- Hand paralysis reversed in monkeys (NewScientist; April 18, 2012)
- Why emotions are attention-getters (ScienceNews; April 10, 2012)
- Spectacular brain images reveal surprisingly simple structure (MSNBC; March 29, 2012)
- Clint Eastwood helps reveal secrets of brain evolution (NewScientist; February 5, 2012)
- Extended synaptic development may explain our cognitive edge over other primates (Science Codex; February 1, 2012)
- Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain's Speech Processing Center (Georgetown University Medical Center, Office of Communications; January 30, 2012)
- The chimpanzee who sees sounds (Nature; December 5, 2011)
- Why evolutionarily ancient brain areas are important (Medical Xpress; November 30, 2011)
- Robert Sapolsky on Stress: An Interview (BoingBoing; November 23, 2011)
- Addicts may have glitch in frontal brain (Futurity; November 2, 2011)
- Monkey study may have benefits for paralytics (The Chronicle; October 13, 2011)
- Electrical stimulation creates images that could help blind see (Los Angeles Times; October 10, 2011)
- Monkeys' brain waves offer paraplegics hope (BBC News; October 6, 2011)
- Monkeys meditate for marshmallows (NewScientist; September 30, 2011)
- Each Half of the Brain Has Its Own Memory Storage (Discover; June 21, 2011)
- Brain impulse that makes us all quit in the end found (The Hindu; June 9, 2011)
- New neurons take 6 months or more to mature in non-human primate brain (EurekaAlert; June 6, 2011)
- Monkey mind control (The Scientist; May 27, 2011)
- Monkey see, monkey D'OH! How primates feel regret when they play wrong hand in rock-paper-scissors game (Daily Mail; May 26, 2011)
- Mind-controlled prosthetics to help amputees (NewScientist; April 28, 2011)
- Similar structures for face selectivity in human and monkey brains (Medical Xpress; April 28, 2011)
- Brain differences may explain varying behavior of bonobos and chimpanzees (Washington Post; April 11, 2011)
- Evolution of cognition might be down to brain chemistry (NewScientist; March 28, 2011)
- Implantable computers to restore brain function lost to injury or disease is Keck Foundation grant goal (University of Washington Office of News and Information; February 7, 2011)
- Human brains shrinking in size, say scientists (Sydney Morning Herald; February 7, 2011)
- Animal testing opponents discard humanity and hope (Vancouver Courier; January 26, 2011)
- What happens in your brain when you make a mistake (Examiner; December 13, 2010)
- Key Brain Area for Vision May Be Organized by Color (HealthDay; November 18, 2010)
- Refinement of the use of food and fluid control as motivational tools for macaques used in behavioural neuroscience research: report of a working group of the NC3Rs (NC3Rs; October 14, 2010)
- Study: Injured Monkeys Grow New Spinal Cord Nerves (My Health News Daily; November 14, 2010)
- Neurological study: brain and daily life habits explored in MIT research (Examiner.com; October 25, 2010)
- Wiring The Brain to Aid People With Paralysis (Wall Street Journal; October 26, 2010)
- Deep thoughts on what makes humans special (MSNBC; October 15, 2010)
- Confused monkeys clarify how the brain sees things (MSNBC; September 22, 2010)
- Lazy eye, neurological deficit link (UPI; September 16, 2010)
- Human Brains "Evolve," Become Less Monkey-Like With Age (National Geographic Daily News; July 12, 2010)
- Trinity researcher wins NIH grant to study neurology of primates (San Antonio Business Journal; July 9, 2010)
- Monkeys like watching television (Telegraph; June 15, 2010)
- Monkey brain controls robot arm, hand (CNET; June 4, 2010)
- Which came first: Religion or the brain? (EurekAlert; March 8, 2010)
- Transcription factors guide differences in human and chimp brain function (EurekAlert; December 7, 2009)
- How to Read Brain Activity With an EEG (ScienceDaily; December 4, 2009)
- NASA to Start Irradiating Monkeys (Discovery News; October 29, 2009)
- Researchers find brain cell transplants help repair neural damage (EurekAlert; October 29, 2009)
- Experiences sur les macaques refusees a l'EPFZ et a l'Universite de Zurich (Le Temps; October 14, 2009; in French)
- Gene therapy could remedy Parkinson's (Nature; October 14, 2009)
- Gene therapy for Parkinson's "encouraging" in early trials (AFP; October 14, 2009)
- Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson's (MSN; October 14, 2009)
- Groundbreaking Primate Study Links Mercury Vaccine Preservative to Brain Injury (PR Newswire; October 1, 2009)
- Monkey brain signals mental wanderlust (Futurity; September 28, 2009)
- Monkey Brains Signal The Desire To Explore (ScienceDaily; September 6, 2009)
- Neuroscientists Find Brain Region Responsible For Our Sense Of Personal Space (ScienceDaily; August 31, 2009)
- 54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains (ScienceDaily; June 23, 2009)
- Researchers Train Minds to Move Matter (New York Times; July 20, 2009)
- Synchronized Brain Waves Focus Our Attention (Wired; May 29, 2009)
- Mirror Neurons Differentially Encode the Peripersonal and Extrapersonal Space of Monkeys (Science; April 17, 2009)
- Alzheimers Disease - Yerkes Researchers Closer to Why Humans Develop It (Health News Digest; March 31, 2009)
- Spinal Shocks Ease Parkinson's in Mice (New York Times; March 20, 2009)
- Brain Protein May Have Potential Against Alzheimer's (US News and World Report; February 8, 2009)
- Genetic Variation Cues Social Anxiety In Monkeys And Humans (ScienceDaily; January 13, 2009)
- Thank brain evolution for small motor skills (MSNBC; January 13, 2009)
- Blind man 'sees' his way past obstacles (New Scientist; December 22, 2008)
- Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions (ScienceDaily; December 18, 2008)
- Primates Get a Neural Facial (Science News; December 18, 2008)
- Monkeys move paralysed muscles with their minds (Nature News; October 15, 2008)
- Time Teaches Brain to Recognize Objects (Washington Post; September 11, 2008)
- Plastics chemical harms brain function in monkeys (Reuters; September 6, 2008)
- Helicon Study of HT-0712 on Primate Memory Formation Reveals Significant Enhancement (MarketWatch; July 22, 2008)
- Neuronal Correlates Of The Set-size Effect In Monkey Lateral Intraparietal Area (ScienceDaily; July 1, 2008)
- Monkeys Think, Moving Artificial Arm as Own (New York Times; May 29, 2008)
- Non-human primates vital for neuroscience research (Thaindian News; May 16, 2008)
- Network of brain cells supports language (UPI; March 31, 2008)
- Yerkes researchers identify language feature unique to human brain (EurekAlert; March 23, 2008)
- Chimp and human communication trace to same brain region (EurekAlert; February 28, 2008)
- Tool Use Is Just a Trick of the Mind (ScienceNOW Daily News; January 28, 2008)
- Researchers Identify Brain's 'Eureka' Circuitry (ScienceDaily; January 26, 2008)
- Japanese robot walks like a monkey (AFP; January 16, 2008)
- Paul MacLean, 94, Neuroscientist Who Devised 'Triune Brain' Theory, Dies (New York Times; January 10, 2008)
- Early exposure to environmental toxins makes monkeys Alzheimers-prone later in life (Thaindian News; January 2, 2008)
- Lead Link To Alzheimer's Disease? (CBS News; January 2, 2008)
- Autistic Children May Have Abnormal Functioning Of Mirror Neuron System (Science Daily; November 28, 2007)
- Monkey brains use web link to control robot legs (New Scientist; November 24, 2007)
- Monkeys reveal brain is hard-wired for counting (New Scientist; October 30, 2007)
- Brain Cell Growth Diminishes Long Before Old Age Strikes, Animal Study Shows (Science Daily; October 16, 2007)
- Discovery Of Retinal Cell Type Ends 40-year Search (Science Daily; October 9, 2007)
- Similar Influence Found Of Sex And Handedness On Brain In Capuchin Monkeys And Humans (Medical News Today; September 4, 2007)
- "Accumulator Neurons" Necessary For Counting Objects (Medical News Today; July 25, 2007)
- Neural stem cells reduce Parkinson's symptoms in monkeys (EurekAlert; June 12, 2007)
- Animal study cuts Parkinson's symptoms (ScienceDaily; May 17, 2007)
- Implanting dopamine generators in brain cells improves Parkinson's in monkeys (News-Medical.net; May 20, 2007)
- Brains reflect sex differences (EurekAlert; May 10, 2007)
- Antidepressants stimulate new nerve cells in adult monkeys, may have implications for humans (EurekAlert; May 4, 2007)
- Train Your Brain (Slate; April 25, 2007)
- Grawemeyer winners say study of mirror neurons will keep them busy for at least a decade (University of Louisville News; April 19, 2007)
- Time in the Animal Mind (New York Times; April 3, 2007)
- Associative Memory: Learning at All Levels (YubaNet.com; March 15, 2007)
- Monkey see, monkey do, monkey messes up (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; March 11, 2007)
- Regressive Autism: Putting Together the Pieces (American Chronicle; March 12, 2007)
- Neurons that detect motion rapidly switch between modes of data collection (EurekAlert; February 28, 2007)
- Michael Wagnitz: Research supports mercury-autism link (Capital Times; February 27, 2007)
- Monkey See, Monkey Hear (Scientific American; February 23, 2007)
- New study demonstrates nicotine's role in smoking behavior (EurekAlert; February 22, 2007)
- Tests reveal 'hit and miss' brain (BBC News; December 21, 2006)
- Why You Can't Shoot the Same Foul Shot Twice (Scientific American; December 20, 2006)
- Neuron Cell Stickiness May Hold Key To Evolution Of The Human Brain (ScienceDaily; November 3, 2006)
- Introducing humans version 2.0 (BBC News; October 24, 2006)
- Mining the Molecules That Made Our Mind (Science; September 29, 2006)
- Neurological disorders: Mind over machine (Nature Reviews Neuroscience; September 2006)
- Novel Mechanism Of Manganese-induced Neurological Dysfunction Discovered (ScienceDaily; September 5, 2006)
- Analysing Brain Changes In Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder (Medical News Today; August 31, 2006)
- A Novel Mechanism of Manganese-Induced Neurological Dysfunction Discovered (AScribe; August 28, 2006)
- Does Fatherhood Change The Brain? (CBS News; August 21, 2006)
- Shared Ancestor to Humans, Present-day Non-human Primates May Be Linchpin in the Evolution of Language (NIH News; July 23, 2006)
- PET imaging confirms link between receptor levels and cocaine abuse (EurekAlert; July 11, 2006)
- Scientists working on sleep/wake equation (Regina Leader-Post; June 29, 2006)
- How to build a better brain (EurekAlert; June 26, 2006)
- Study of neurons leads scientists to re-envision vision (Rockefeller University Newswire; May 15, 2006)
- Study Locates Decision Neurons (Harvard Crimson; April 25, 2006)
- A bank for brains (Radio Netherlands; April 10, 2006)
- Depressed Monkeys May Help Scientists Understand Human Depression (Medical News Today; April 6, 2006)
- In the Mind's Eye: How the Brain Makes a Whole Out of Parts (Newswise; January 18, 2006)
- Electrical microstimulation allows researchers to map the brain for the first time (News-Medical.net; December 22, 2005)
- Scientists enter the brain's 'Matrix' (CNN; December 8, 2005)
- Could the brain of a monkey help to improve an athlete's performance? (Telegraph, UK; November 29, 2005)
- Early life stress linked to teenage mental problems (Medical News Today; November 20, 2005)
- Feeling the Vibe (Science Now; November 8, 2005)
- Looking at mirror neurons (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; November 7, 2005)
- Turning Sensation Into Perception (AScribe; November 6, 2005)
- Your brain remembers what you forget (MSNBC; October 19, 2005)
- Neurobiologists gain new insights into brain and memory (News-Medical.Net ; October 19, 2005)
- How The Brain Sorts Babble Into Auditory Streams (ScienceDaily; October 11, 2005)
- New information about how the brain directs the body to make movements (News-Medical.net; September 26, 2005)
- Key neural system at risk from fetal alcohol exposure (University of Wisconsin-Madison News; September 15, 2005)
- Researchers discover discrete region of the monkey brain that processes pitch (News-Medical.Net; September 7, 2005)
- How the brain understands pictures (EurekAlert; August 9, 2005)
- Two brain systems regulate how we call for help - Study (Medical News Today; March 8, 2005)
- How 'mirror neurons' help us to empathize (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; March 7, 2005)
- Brain-controlled 'robo-arm' hope (BBC News; February 18, 2005)
- Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals (ScienceDaily; February 15, 2005)
- Monkeys, Math Model Crack Memory Mystery (HealthDay; February 18, 2005)
- 'I had them a moment ago, now where are my glasses?' (EurekAlert; February 17, 2005)
- Exploring the brain's internal stopwatch (EurekAlert; January 5, 2005)
- Preliminary Results Are Promising In Alzheimer's Gene Therapy Trial (ScienceDaily; April 28, 2004)
- Researchers identify genes involved in evolution of brain development (University of Chicago Chronicle; April 29, 2004)
- Scientists ‘See’ Effects of Aging in Brain (Scientific American; April 27, 2004)
- Brain-Computer Interface Conquers a New Dimension (Science Now; December 7, 2004)
- Yerkes researchers discover combination of drug therapies reduces cocaine use in primates (EurekAlert; May 24, 2004)
- Brain Imaging Reveals New Language Circuits (EurekAlert; December 13, 2004)
- Brain Asymmetries in Chimps Resemble Those of Humans (Scientific American; December 6, 2004)
- Brain surface stimulation alleviates Parkinson's symptoms (Medical News Today; December 2, 2004)
- Monkeys may visualise in response to calls (New Scientist; December 4, 2004)
- Advent of the Robotic Monkeys (Wired; October 26, 2004)
- Dolphin, Human Brain Size Not So Different (Discovery Channel; November 10, 2004)
- Pesticides May Promote Parkinson's Disease And Exercise May Offer Protection, According To New Reports (ScienceDaily; November 3, 2004)
- Where in the brain decisions are made (EurekAlert; October 13, 2004)
- New understanding of the machinery of flinching (EurekAlert; August 18, 2004)
- Monkey Talk, Human Speech Share Left-Brain Processing (ScienceDaily; February 2, 2004)
- Brain implants 'read' monkey minds (New Scientist; July 8, 2004)
- Monkey See, Monkey Think About Doing (ScienceNOW; July 8, 2004)
- Research points to link between thinking, doing (CNN; July 9, 2004)
- Sneakiest primates have biggest brains (New Scientist; June 30, 2004)
- Lack of serotonin may mean lack of flexibility in behavior (Boston Globe; May 11, 2004)
- Scientists Show Hippocampus's Role In Long Term Memory (ScienceDaily; May 13, 2004)
- Jefferson Alzheimer's Vaccine Shows Promise In Animal Model (ScienceDaily; March 8, 2004)
- Monkey brain operates machine (BBC News; November 15, 2000)
- Monkey reaches out with robotic arm (Science Now; November 16, 2000)
- Monkey thoughts control computer (BBC News; March 13, 2002)
- MRI technique lets researchers directly compare monkey and human brains (ScienceDaily; October 22, 2002)
- MRI technique lets researchers directly compare similarities, differences between monkey and human brain (Ohio State Research News; October 17, 2002)
- Study Shows How The Brain Pays Attention; Neural Circuits That Control Eye Movements Play Multiple Roles In Visual Attention (ScienceDaily; January 24, 2003)
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