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There are many ways for your brain to let your arm know it’s time to move. Just as verbal languages have different phrases that mean the same thing, the neural language also has groups of phrases that are thought to be redundant. Jay Hennig and his colleagues use a brain computer interface to try to understand the guiding principles for how neurons choose a specific phrase given so many equivalent options.
Read MoreIn STEM fields women are underrepresented both in numbers of senior faculty and participation metrics [1,2,3]. Women leave STEM fields at all transition points, a phenomenon known as “the leaky pipeline.” … In this post, we highlight a study by Professor Gregory Walton and his colleagues, where they characterize feelings of exclusion, and attempt to mitigate these feelings through the development of simple intervention strategies [6].
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