New findings on memory could enhance learning
...keys performed a video-game-like memory task. Each monkey was shown one clip art picture, and after a delay ...nd correct it," said Tim Pons, Ph.D., an expert in monkey research and team member. "This finding about how large amounts of information are processed by the ...Scientists find HIV-blocking protein in monkeys
...dentified a protein that blocks HIV replication in monkey cells. Humans have a similar protein, although it ...nderstanding of why HIV cannot successfully infect monkey cells, scientists have a defined target to manipulate and could use that information to develop anim...System can predict disease spread
...rn in recent years, such as West Nile Virus, SARS, monkey pox, or the newest threat that has medical researchers around the world alarmed Avian flu. "This new system should be useful with almost any zoonotic disease, or those types of infectious diseases that evolve or are spread by some mechanism relati...Researchers pinpoint brain areas that process reality, illusion
...ing elliptical shapes. Monkey thought it saw, then monkey didn't do. The research shows how the mind creates its sense of order in the world and then adjusts on the fly to eliminate distortions. For instance, the first time you don a new pair of bifocals, there is a difference in what you perceive visually ...Brain area identified that weighs rewards
...space were. "We manipulated how much fruit juice a monkey got for making particular eye movements, and we fo...that these neurons not only respond just after the monkey makes an eye movement, but after the reward as well," he emphasized. "So, we're arguing that the fir...Brain signals from the paralyzed or injured captured by computer
...movements in virtual reality. After showing that a monkey can use direct brain control to control a robotic arm in 3D space while watching the movement in virtual reality, the researchers are now moving on to have the animal see and control the arm directly, without the virtual reality display. Although lea...New vaccine tested in animals may hold hope for Alzheimer's patients
... sticky substance called amyloid beta protein from monkey brains. The amyloid beta protein in monkey brains is the same as that in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, so the hope is that such a vaccine...OHSU researchers study physical and mental impacts of exercise on the brain
...is placed under two toys. After a brief delay, the monkey was allowed to find the treat. "Tests showed that animals in the exercise group were more aroused, alert and engaged than animals in the control group," said Cameron. However, it's important to note that both groups had essentially the same success...Brain maps perceptions, not reality
...the cortical map for that digit. However, when the monkey was touched simultaneously on both digits, a single cortical location between the maps of the two individual digits responded, explaining the perceived location of the illusion. In addition, the perceived intensity of this illusion is caused by the i...Monkeys consciously control a robot arm using only brain signals
...ew days of playing with the robot in this way, the monkey suddenly realized that she didn't need to move her arm at all," said Nicolelis. "Her arm muscles went completely quiet, she kept the arm at her side and she controlled the robot arm using only her brain and visual feedback. Our analyses of the brain ...Neurons that play truth or consequences
...te signaled that the action deviated from what the monkey had intended or signaled that the consequences of the action differed from what he anticipated. "We had a few trials where he did the right movement but we didn't give him juice. We found that many of these neurons also fired following the absence of...'Shifty-eyed' monkeys offer window into brain's social reflexes
...e researchers would first concentrate the human or monkey test subjects' attention to the center of a comput...en be shown either another square or an image of a monkey looking either left or right. Immediately after that, the face would disappear and to the left or ri...Promising West Nile virus vaccine protects monkeys
...ed in its ability to replicate in the monkeys, the monkey immune system was still able to produce protective antibodies against the West Nile virus proteins. The scientists tested two versions of the West Nile/dengue 4 virus in rhesus monkeys, one with the entire dengue virus RNA and one with some of the de...Gel put springiness back into old lenses
...urn it from a liquid to a gel. Tests on rabbit and monkey eyeballs show the latest formulation has the same average refractive index as a healthy lens and could provide up to 9.5 dioptres of accommodation, enough to allow reading at a distance of only 10 centimetres. So far, the group has conducted tests on...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...he monkey's brain, the scientists could enable the monkey to, in effect, control the arm only via neural sig... brain signals producing a single event, such as a monkey reaching out, are mirrored in many places in the same brain region -- as if the neurons "vote" on su...'Cheerleader' brain signal may act as a task master, Science study suggests
...oss the top of the screen brightened each time the monkey moved to the next task, indicating that it was nearing the reward. The monkeys made progressively fewer errors as they approached the juice finale. When the brightness of the bar changed randomly, however, the monkeys made few errors throughout. This...Primate bushmeat : Populations exposed to simian immunodeficiency viruses
...dentified. These results bring to 30 the number of monkey species liable to SIV infection and provide the first evidence that SIV is widespread and extremely diverse among wild primates in Cameroon. This study suggests a high degree of human exposure to SIV through hunting and handling monkeys for their m...... vaccine researcher, has obtained lab records from monkey tests carried out in 1991 at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland. In the study, rhesus monkeys were given a vaccine similar to the one used for the US troops, and then inhaled large doses of anthrax......t around to calm them down. So what you have is a monkey who is chronically anxious and chronically fearful." Adult absence during infancy appears to have had other long-term psychobiological consequences, noted Higley. "As young teenagers, the peer-reared monkeys still showed infant-like fearfulness and ...... The method, which has produced a healthy, female monkey named Tetra shows promise for researchers hoping t...-splitting technique itself. Tetra is the first monkey born using this cloning method. The monkey was produced by separating an eight-cell embryo into four...