FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAustralian Universities New model offers hope for schizophrenia treatmentsuq.edu.au - uqqjones SchizophreniaStories
Tumors New brain cancer centre takes up the fight for childrenuq.edu.au - uqqjones QBI researcher Dr Jens Bunt will lead an international team investigating a highly aggressive type of brain cancer at Australia’s first research …
Blood cells the missing link in post-exercise boostuq.edu.au An international team from QBI and the Dresden University of Technology has discovered a new way in which exercise boosts our brain. Dr Tara Walker …
Remembered to take your vitamins? How vitamin D can affect your brainuq.edu.au - uqqjones QBI Associate Professor Thomas Burne answers all your questions about the link between vitamin D deficiency and and cognitive disorders.
Vote now: QBI scientists strives for STEM Prizeuq.edu.au - uqqjones Voting has opened for this year's Queensland Women in STEM Prize.StoriesWomen
Researchers net new theory on vitamin D and cognitive disordersuq.edu.au - uqqjones New research from QBI may explain how vitamin D deficiency leads to a range of cognitive disorders, including depression and …
Extinguishing fear memories relies on an unusual change to DNAuq.edu.au QBI researchers have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. The findings, published in the journal Nature …
The brain pathways that lead to risky businessuq.edu.au Are you a daredevil or do you prefer to play it safe? Whatever your answer, while you might think you freely choose whether to take risks or follow …
DNA repair gene critical for memory consolidationuq.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists have found that the brain’s process for repairing DNA is also important for consolidating memories and …
Best neuroscience images of 2018uq.edu.au As the body's most complex and least-understood organ, the brain is as an object of much fascination and mistque, with many of its functions and …
Risk for developing more than one mental health disorder revealeduq.edu.au The risk of developing a second mental health disorder after an initial diagnosis is high, even many years later, according to new research led by …
Brain pathway that explains blindsight confirmeduq.edu.au Researchers at the UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have confirmed the existence of an elusive pathway in the brain that enables some blind people to …
True colours: test determines how animals see colouruq.edu.au Trained fish are helping researchers at The University of Queensland to understand animal vision and factors behind the huge variation in colours …
Why our brain is the most intelligent machine of alluq.edu.au The idea of intelligent machines - otherwise known as artificial intelligence (AI) - is an increasingly hot topic. They contain the promise of a …
How do we smell things?uq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Whenever we smell something, our nose and brain work together to make sense of hundreds of very tiny invisible particles, known as molecules or …
Podcast: the science of addictionuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon QBI's Dr James Kesby on how our brain's reward mechanism works, and what happens when things go wrong.
Hallucinations related to eye disease have brain basisuq.edu.au - uqballa1 New research from The University of Queensland has shown for the first time that visual hallucinations in people with macular degeneration are …
Trouble falling asleep? Your sleep switch may be to blameuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon According to new research from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, a particular area in the brain has neurons that act like a sleep …
Neuroscientists uncover ancient map of brain connectionsuq.edu.au - uqballa1 The corpus callosum, which connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain has evolved from a more ancient brain template shared by all …
Podcast: Super memory - what it's like to remember being a babyuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Rebecca Sharrock has a condition called Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, which enables her to remember every day of her life in clear, …
Finding the brain’s ‘inner GPS’ cells proves elusiveuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Dr Baumann from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and colleagues have put to rest the notion that fMRI can detect the brain's place cells.Alzheimer's …
Spots or stripes make no difference to fish predatorsuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon How do predators learn what they can and cannot eat by how their prey looks? It’s all about the pattern edge, say University of Queensland …
Paying attention helps your brain process what it can't seeuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Paying attention to a location helps the brain to process not just what you can see there, but also what you can’t – suggesting that attention and …
Genetics play a part in how long you studyuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Genes play a much larger role than previously thought in how long you might stay in formal education, say researchers from one of the largest genetic …
Podcast: narcolepsy and other sleep disordersuq.edu.au - uqdlu1 What if, no matter how much sleep you had, you didn't wake rejuvenated the next day?
How the brain responds to visual threatsuq.edu.au - uqcbarr5 Researchers now understand how the zebrafish brain perceives and reacts to predators.AutismSchizophreniaVisionStories
New schizophrenia research deepens understanding of emotion perceptionuq.edu.au - uqdlu1 QBI researchers have uncovered why individuals with schizophrenia may have certain difficulties perceiving emotions. SchizophreniaVisual …
Podcast: the science of musical creativityuq.edu.au - uqdlu1 What's going on in the brain when someone creates new music? We speak to legendary jazz pianist Jason Rebello, who spent 10 years touring the world …
Blood clues tell of gene targets for brain diseasesuq.edu.au - uqcbarr5 Our blood can be used to uncover genetic secrets inside the brain, according to new researchGeneticsGenomicsStoriesWray Visscher Yang
AI can book a restaurant but don't expect a full conversationuq.edu.au - uqcbarr5 Google recently unveiled its latest talking AI, called Duplex. Duplex sounds like a real person, complete with pauses, "umms" and "ahhs".
