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Supporting Academic Programs, Research and Outreach Home | Centers & Institutes | News | Support for Research | Talks & Lectures Research News Direct Evidence of the Role of Sleep in Memory Formation is Uncovered For the First Time, Researchers Pinpoint Brain Activity in the Hippocampus Responsible for Long-term Memory Discoveries Shed New Light on How the Brain Processes What the Eye Sees Researchers find widely held theory on "Saccadic Suppression" is incorrect with discovery that the brain is blocking information from awareness Cell Phone Studies: Whether You’re Talking While Walking or While Driving, Cell Phones = Increased Fatalities Both Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities Are Impacted Other Research News Research in Major Journals July 2009 Researchers Develop “Brain-Reading” Methods To Uncover A Person’s Mental State June 2009 Rutgers Research: Parkinson's Disease Alters Patient's Ability to Learn from Rewards while Treatment Affects Ability to Learn from Negative Outcomes November 2008 Rutgers Researcher’s Study Cites Media Violence as 'Critical Risk Factor' for Aggression October 2008 The Effect of Gamma Waves on Cognitive and Language Skills in Children Rutgers Psychology Researcher Examines Connections between Vision and Movement as They Relate to Perceived Threats, and to Autism July 2008 Laser Spectrometer Developed by R-N Researchers Opens the Way for More Effective Carbon Trading, Drug Development and Carbon Dating Rutgers Research Identifies Brain Cells Related to Fear, Paving the Way for More Effective Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress and Other Anxiety Disorders April 2008 Rutgers Research: Impairments in Language Development Can Be Detected in Infants as Young as Three Months November 2007 R-N Scientist's Research Reveals Critical Knowledge About the Nervous System Stephen Jose Hanson Psychological Science, October 2009 Researchers Develop “Brain-Reading” Methods To Uncover A Person’s Mental State (login required to view article) Bart Krekelberg Current Biology, May 2009, The Relationship between Saccadic Suppression and Perceptual Stability Denis Pare Nature, 454, July 2008 - Amygdala intercalated neurons are required for expression of fear extinction Gunther Knoblich Nature Neuroscience Vol 8, October 2005 - Inferring another's expectation from action: the role of peripheral sensation Babis Kalodimos Science Magazine Vol 305, July 2004 - Structure and Flexibility Adaptation in Nonspecific and Specific Protein-DNA Complexes Gyorgy Buzsaki Nature 12, September 2009 - Selective suppression of hippocampal ripples impairs spatial memory Science Magazine Vol 321, September 2008 - Internally Generated Cell Assembly Sequences in the Rat Hippocampus Nature Nueroscience 9, November 2006 - Cannabinoids reveal importance of spike timing coordination in hippocampal function Nature 432, December 2004 - Early Motor Activity Drives Spindle Bursts in the Developing Somatosensory Cortex Nature Neuroscience 7, April 2004 - Large Scale Recording of Neuronal Ensembles > More R-N News Stories

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