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Reader Ella asks: “I read a theory that while dreaming, the brain cannot invent new people out of nowhere. Instead, the brain shows people we've seen while awake, or combines a mix of previously-seen physical features to create a "new" person. How would you prove/disprove this theory? Why does the brain do this?”
Read MoreCan we "train" or "trick" our brains, through physical therapy or other innovative means, to perform finger movements that we currently cannot perform? Andy Tay tackles this Ask a Neuroscientist question.
Read MoreA reader asks: Can you explain what the correlation is between our brains, sexual orientation and gender?
Researchers have been trying to solve this problem for decades and encounter countless scientific challenges. In this post, Whitney Heavner summarizes findings from a field exploring whether there is something fundamentally different between the structure and organization of male and female brains.
Read MoreIn this issue of Ask a Neuroscientist, Andy Tay discusses options for developing an independent study program focused on the intersection between neuroscience and robotics.
Read MoreIn this edition of Ask a Neuroscientist, Dr. Andy Tay discusses how he came to study neuroscience, and gives out tips for discovering your own path to neuroscience research.
Read MoreIn this edition of Ask A Neuroscientist, Dr. Andy Tay tackles the age-old question that has launched a thousand sci-fi stories (and at least one biomedical startup): Is it possible to transplant an old brain into a younger body?
Read MoreWhy doesn't the brain do everything at once? Or, to put it another way, why does the brain have specialized parts? Dr. Adrienne Mueller discusses the question of brain efficiency, and what "specialization" means within the brain.
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Read MoreIt's the first segment in our on-going series of Brain Day Questions, where we answer questions submitted by 7th grade students from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto classrooms.
In our inaugural post, Dr. Adrienne Mueller explains how the brain works in the body.
Read MoreBrain Day, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, brings Stanford neuroscientists into all of the 7th grade science classrooms in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto to introduce young students to neuroscience, and answer their brain-themed questions. Kendra Lechtenberg explains how this spring, she's going digital with some of the Brain Day questions.
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Read MoreAh, for the love of brain waves. Yes, these flowing electrical fields have been of great interest to physicians and scientists since their discovery in animals in 1875 and humans in 1929 (Haas 2003). Instead of merely listing off a few resources on brain waves, Jordan Sorokin introduces a selection of resources for understanding brain waves, complete with historical and scientific context.
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