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Jan 29, 2013

Re-creating the brain with a $1.6-billion supercomputer project

Scope and scale of the project is beyond anything attempted to date http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/re-creating-the-brain-with-a-16-billion-supercomputer-project/article7996964/

Jan 25, 2013

How poverty influences a child's brain development

Science is figuring out exactly how the damage is done and what steps can be taken to halt and then heal it http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/how-poverty-influences-a-childs-brain-development/article7882957/

Jan 25, 2013

Can a controversial learning program transform brains?

Arrowsmith School believes cognitive exercises helped to stimulate the growth of neural pathways http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/can-a-controversial-learning-program-transform-brains/article7871918/

Jan 18, 2013

Video: Can this video game make you a neuroscientist?

into understanding how our brains work. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/video-can-this-video-game-make-you-a-neuroscientist/article7531359/

Jan 18, 2013

High hopes: Why science is seeking a pardon for psychedelics

Ever since Timothy Leary and hippie excess tarnished their budding reputation for healing a troubled mind, pressure to have hallucinogens return to pharmacy shelveshas been growing http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/high-hopes-why-science-is-seeking-a-pardon-for-psychedelics/article7529135/

Jan 11, 2013

A big brainstorm is on the horizon in neuroscience

of all known systems – the brain – neuroscientists are scaling up their ambitions, as support http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/a-big-brainstorm-is-on-the-horizon-in-neuroscience/article7260014/

Jan 11, 2013

Meet Spaun: the world’s biggest brain that works

The simulation is unique because it both mimics the structure of the human brain and does http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/meet-spaun-the-worlds-biggest-brain-that-works/article7260055/

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