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35 Mice Watched the Cult Film Touch of Evil for Science

Jul 13, 2016

Wired - Researchers at the Allen Brain Observatory mapped the visual cortices of 35 mice while they watched the classic Touch of Evil. Well, part of...

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This team is showing movies to mice in hopes of unlocking the brain’s secrets

Jul 13, 2016

STAT - For more than a decade, the Allen Institute for Brain Science has been digging into a simple question with labyrinthine answers: How does the...

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A Mouse Watches Film Noir And Offers Clues To Human Consciousness

Jul 13, 2016

NPR - Letting mice watch Orson Welles movies may help scientists explain human consciousness.

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Brain-data gold mine could reveal how neurons compute

Jul 13, 2016

Nature - Allen Brain Observatory releases unprecedented survey of activity in the mouse visual cortex.

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Allen Brain Observatory peers into the minds of mice as they watch movies

Jul 13, 2016

GeeWire - The Allen Brain Observatory is open for business, revealing what’s running through the mind of a mouse as it sees patterns of light and...

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What Paul Allen, Orson Welles And A Mouse Are Teaching Us About Our Brains

Jul 13, 2016

Forbes - While a mouse watches the infamous opening shot from Orson Welles’ 1958 movie A Touch of Evil, the neurons in its brain start firing as it...

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Expanded online database on aging, dementia, and traumatic brain injury

May 19, 2016

The Daily - A collaboration between the Allen Institute for Brain Science, UW Pathology and Internal Medicine, and Group Health has led to expanded...

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Seattle researchers join forces to study brain injury, aging and dementia

Apr 26, 2016

GeekWire - The database for the Aging, Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Study is hosted at the Allen Institute’s Brain-Map.org website.

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Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines

Apr 6, 2016

Quanta Magazine - A race to decipher the brain’s algorithms could revolutionize machine learning.

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Robots record brain activity inside neurons

Apr 1, 2016

Nature - Neuroscientists hope to turn the delicate art of eavesdropping on brain cells into an automated technique.

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