It’s like Google Maps for the brain, layers of information that fit together to build a new kind of diagnostic jigsaw puzzle. Shawn Whitehead, a professor at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and director of the Western Institute for …
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Western researchers show nostalgia’s influence on grooving to music
Nostalgia for songs like ‘TiK ToK’ and ‘Call Me Maybe’ get twenty-somethings up and dancing
Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens
Exceeding two hours of weekday screen time doubled odds of clinically elevated anxiety, quadrupled emotional and behavioural difficulties
Brain imaging technique discovered by Western researchers drives AI audiovisual analysis
Western study shows how brain processes real world with ‘4D’ imaging
Western researchers use math to decipher how machine learning works
Team makes breakthrough in understanding how computer models can perform brain-like activities
New Western research aims to improve sleep and combat dementia
Psychology prof Laura Batterink and team receive $1.1M Weston grant
Western Institute for Neuroscience boosts impact with open science
First official open science institute at Western joins network of five Canadian research hubs
Western launches new program to foster meaningful research partnerships
RECAP will help researchers, partners forge relationships for greater impact
Celebrating the inaugural recipients of the Western Research Excellence Awards
Six scholars recognized for pioneering work in their fields, community advocacy
Western-led human brain “growth chart” project receives $1M in funding
Will allow clinicians to track neural development across human lifespan for first time
Vision allows brain to make predictions well before it knows what’s coming, new study shows
Blending math and AI, Western researchers developed neural network model able to predict individual moments in the future
New study identifies how AI fails to reproduce human vision
Despite the power of deep learning, computers have yet to master human calculations when it comes to visual recognition
New EEG procedure accurately measures distress caused by tinnitus
Researchers discover new way to understand and diagnose patients experiencing ringing in the ears