/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11109/all en /newsroom/channels/news/power-face-time-insights-zebra-finch-courtship-358512 <p>A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development.</p> <p>六合彩开奖结果 researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly develop a preference for his melody.</p> Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:44:26 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314586 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/using-laser-light-study-how-epilepsy-arises-healthy-brain-295750 <p>Scientists at 六合彩开奖结果 have developed a new method to study how seizures arise in the healthy brain. Using laser light guided through ultra-thin optic fibers in the brain of rodents, the researchers 鈥渢urned on鈥� light-sensitive proteins in selective brain cells and were able to eventually cause seizures through repeated laser stimulation. These findings were published March 27, 2019 in the journal Scientific Reports.</p> Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:52:15 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 154370 at /newsroom