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University of Pennsylvania Researchers Find that the Unexpected Is a Key to Human Learning

    • University of Pennsylvania Researchers Find that the Unexpected Is a Key to Human Learning

    PHILADELPHIA – The human brain’s sensitivity to unexpected outcomes plays a fundamental role in the ability to adapt and learn new behaviors, according to a new study by a team of psychologists and neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Jordan Reese , Kim Guenther

    Brain Structure Assists in Immune Response, According to Penn Vet Study

    • Brain Structure Assists in Immune Response, According to Penn Vet Study

    PHILADELPHIA –- For the first time, a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have imaged in real time the body’s immune response to a parasitic infection in the brain.

    Jordan Reese

    Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That's Just Right, Penn Study Says

    • Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That's Just Right, Penn Study Says

    PHILADELPHIA –- Cellular engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have determined that cardiomyocytes, the specialized cells that form the heart muscle, thrive when cultured in an environment that mimics their own elastic nature but falter, weaken or die when “grown” on stiffer or softer materials.

    Jordan Reese