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Whisker Whisperers

15.05.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior

Research reveals how mouse whiskers can “hear” the world

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How Are Sensory Brain Cells Synchronized?

25.05.2017

Brain & Behavior

A decades-old debate on the way signals create perception is resolved

Our nerves respond to a range of stimuli

A Break in the Signal

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Brain & Behavior

Why does a background noise that stops and suddenly starts again get our attention?

It’s Only a Game of Chance

It’s Only a Game of Chance

26.03.2007

Brain & Behavior

A leading theory of perception has been called into question by a study at the Weizmann Institute of Science...

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