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Brainvitge awarded #IgNobel
A neuroimaging study of reversed speech experts involving Brainvitge has been awarded the Ironic #IgNobel Awards COMMUNICATION PRIZE [ARGENTINA, SPAIN, COLOMBIA, CHILE, CHINA, USA] María José Torres-Prioris, Diana López-Barroso, Estela...
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Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists Awards
Dr. Claudia Peñaloza, Ramón y Cajal research fellow at the University of Barcelona and the Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, received the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) 10 Year Anniversary Award for Knowledge for Early Stage...
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Researchers decode neural mechanism for alternating memory formation and retrieval in humans
Generating new memories and remembering are two sides of the same coin, although sometimes they can appear as separate mechanisms. These mechanisms which seem to be distanced from each other are actually interconnected and...
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Speech rhythm and pitch are fundamental in babies’ language acquisition
To date, it was thought that babies could not recognize these distant regularities in speech signal until their first year of life. Now, a study published in the journal Science Advances reveals that 9-month-old babies are sensitive to...
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Diana López-Barroso awarded
Clara Campoamor National Research Award for Young People, in the area of law and economic and social sciences Our former member from the Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Diana López-Barroso, has been awarded with the most prestigious Spanish...
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#100tifiques
This year, the 5th edition of #100scientists will be held on Friday 10 February 2023, on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On February 10, 561 #100tifiques will visit 496 schools to tell boys...
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A neuroscientific study in the Sónar+D shows that we remember better and are predisposed to pay more for songs that arouse our curiosity
- The study, with the audience participation at the Sónar festival, was carried out by a team of neuroscientists from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona with the artist Alicia Carrera. - Through a live experiment,...
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IDIBELL researchers identify a brain region that predicts the evolution of apathy in Huntington’s patients
The atrophy of this region would determine the severity and velocity of apathy development. Apathy is closely linked to the cognitive decline of Huntington’s patients, therefore, this brain vulnerability would help...
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Jornadas virtuales SEPEX 2021
La situación sanitaria provocada por la pandemia del SARS-CoV-2 obligó a posponer a 2022 el congreso SEPEX que debía haberse realizado en 2020. Sin embargo, desde la Junta Directiva, y a propuesta de varios socios, hemos considerado oportuno...
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Estudio sobre aprendizaje
¡Hola! Somos de la Unidad de Cognición y Plasticidad Cerebral, un grupo de investigación de la Universidad de Barcelona. Contactamos contigo para informarte de que estamos realizando un estudio online sobre aprendizaje y buscamos...