Current Biology Archives - Knowing Neurons

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Vocal Practice is for the Birds

July 3, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 2013, Behavioral and Neural Signatures of Readiness to Initiate a Learned Motor Sequence, Bout, Current Biology, Doupe, HVC, Learning, Michael Condro, Motif, Practice, Rajan, Sing, Songbird, Vocal, Zebra Finch

Everyone is familiar with the concept of “warming up” before doing some kind of practiced task. For example, a guitar player may play a few scales before a concert, or… Read more

Did You Know? Learning and Memory

Quick buzz. Slow learning.

December 5, 2012March 5, 2017 Anita Alcohol, Binge, Current Biology, Ethanol, Fruit Flies, Hangover, Learning, Memory, negative association task, Neural Adaptation Leads to Cognitive Ethanol Dependence

Beer and wine are quite possibly the oldest known man-made beverages. Anthropologists have discovered beer jugs that date back to the Neolithic period (10,000 B.C.), and Egyptian pictographs clearly show… Read more

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Do You Crave Sweets?

October 29, 2012March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee Addiction, Brain, Crave, Current Biology, DiFeliceantonio, enkephalin, Enkephalin Surges in Dorsal Neostriatum as a Signal to Eat, Food, M&M, Neuroscience, Reward

My answer is YES, all the time, no exceptions! Do you remember when Miranda from “Sex and the City” was so addicted to chocolate cake that even after she threw… Read more