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Listen to your heart – it may tell you something about memory

Listen to your heart – it may tell you something about memory

Follow your heart because a new study from Western University shows that your memories already do. Investigators at Western's renowned Brain and Mind Institute have discovered that signals from inside your body can affect memories. The findings were recently published...

Western welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines

Western welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines

If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there would be a robot in every home performing tasks like cooking, cleaning and cutting the lawn. But there isn't. Jörn Diedrichsen, who has come to Western University from University...

Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair

Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair

Ingrid Johnsrude, one of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western University to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. She has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the chairs were established last year in support of Western’s Clusters of Research Excellence program.