Science news articles about 'distinct areas'

  • Sound adds speed to visual perception

    ... traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimuli—i. ... hierarchical, involving brain areas that receive signals from distinct areas of the brain layer known ...
  • Fire out of Africa: A key to the migration of prehistoric man

    ... of civilization found at the site now shows that "concentrations of burned flint items were found in distinct areas, interpreted as representing the remnants of ancient hearths." This tells us, she ...
  • Brain's 'hate circuit' identified

    People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a 'hate circuit', according to new research by scientists at UCL ( ...
  • How the Brain Thinks About Crime and Punishment

    ... and, if so, how much he or she should be punished. But how does one's brain actually make these decisions? The researchers found that two distinct areas of the brain assess guilt and decide penalty.
  • Beneath the surface

    ... what happened, and what is still happening, under the surface of one of the most special and distinctive areas on Earth. More than that; the results from the experiment in Siberia have lead to a new ...
  • Artificial cells, simple model for complex structure

    ... of PEG and dextran in water, but, the material separated to form two visibly distinct areas, one with a higher percentage of PEG and one with a higher percentage of dextran. "The materials do not ...
  • Success of the academy approach?

    ... ) and state funded. Currently there are 133 Academies open, the aim being to create 400. Focussing on two distinct areas, the articles in MIE review the policy framework for Academies, and ...
  • James Webb Space Telescope begins to take shape at Goddard

    ... and ISIM Harness Assemblies. The ISIM itself is very complicated and is broken into three distinct areas The first area involves the cryogenic instrument module. This is a critical area, because it ...
  • Buffalo neurologists investigate possible new underlying cause of MS

    ... resonance imaging scanning (MRI) of the MS study patients conducted at the BNAC also identified distinct areas of iron deposits in the brain, and showed that those deposits may be associated with the ...

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