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Alcoholics fail to communicate with people because their brains don't interpret social cues, a new study has found. Researchers said that long-term alcohol exposure can break communication between two areas of the brain that work together to interpret social signals. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine who found that alcohol inhibits signalling between amygdala and pre-frontal cortex. The pre-frontal cortex is a region associated with cognitive function, social behavior, decision making and modulation of intense behavior. Previous research too has shown that alcohol suppresses activity in amygdala- a part of the brain associated with processing social signals. Having a large amygdala has been linked with good social communication and larger circle of friends.

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a noninvasive human-to-human interface that enables one individual to control another's hand motions using a signal sent via the Internet. In the past, similar feats have been accomplished between mice and, in one case, even a human and mouse; however, in the most recent study, researcher Rajesh Rao was able to move his colleague Andrea Stocco's finger on a keyboard via a brain signal even as they sat on opposite sides of the university's campus. "The Internet was a way to connect computers, and now it can be a way to connect brains," Stocco said. "We want to take the knowledge of a brain and transmit it directly from brain to brain."

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Using human stem cells, researchers successfully grew "cerebral organoids" in the lab, effectively creating miniature brains which may lead to new levels of understanding how the brain develops from an embryo and what causes neurological disabilities such as autism and schizophrenia. Researchers have previously grown pieces of brain tissue from stem cells, but this is the first time a complex, three-dimensional organoid has been created, according to The Telegraph, which reports the mini-brain resembles that of a nine-week-old embryo.

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It's not exactly "mind reading," per se, but a team of researchers have developed a method through which they are able to determine what letter a person is looking at based on a scan of their brain. Published in the journal Neuroimage, the study includes using an fMRI to scan a person's brain while he or she views a specific image. An fMRI works by determining where in the brain blood is flowing most and has long been used in research designed to determine which brain areas are most active while a person performs a given task.

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