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Cognitive enhancing drugs offer symptomatic relief from mental fatigue and cognitive decline in early-stage brain diseases. This study shows the how a novel cognitive enhancing drug, ST101, exerts its effects on the brain at cellular and molecular levels.

This study reports on findings that lead-toxicity causes Parkinsonian-like symptoms, which were partly explained through changes in neuronal firing patterns in a part of the brain called the subthalamic nucleus.

This study investigated whether EEMD-matched filter signal analysis techniques, applied to visual-evoked potentials, would yield improved information transfer rates that would more easily allow a person's 'brainwaves' to control a small robot car.

Behavioral mimicry is an important element of human social interaction – but what drives it? This study shows that perceived reward has a powerful influence on how we mimic facial expressions in others.

The Scientist Magazine recently announced the top 10 industrial companies for which to work in 2012. At the top of the list, ADInstruments stands out as a customer oriented company with a laid-back, friendly work environment.

Over a decade ago the rubber hand illusion was discovered. Since then, studies have investigated the neurophysiological and cognitive basis for the body-ownership illusion. This study investigated whether skin colour of the hand mattered.

Do particular extremes of emotions generate signature autonomic changes? If so, 'reading' people's physiological responses could provide insight into emotional status. Henderson et al (2012) examined this possibility using the microneurography technique.

This paper shows that the link between psychological stress and hyperalgesia is partly mediated by overactive spinomedullary processing pathways.

The goal of this research was to test the viability of a novel artificial mouth and tongue device, which may have potential applications in the food and flavor industry.

This study investigated the relationship between the size of crayfish weaponry and pincer grip force.

ABBC winner, Teresa Tang (Brisbane State High School), will be representing Australia-New Zealand at the International Neuroscience Brain Bee Challenge in Cape Town, South Africa. Both Teresa's school and that of the runner up, Ashly Vu (St Francis Xavier College), have also been awarded a PTB4151 Human Physiology System for use in the classroom. Teresa's success became national news when broadcast on the ABC in 2011.

This study investigated the occurrence of cardiovascular deconditioning among astronauts during long-duration space flight (up to 180 days).