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UQ has launched a clinical trial to determine the amount of exercise that leads to cognitive improvement in the ageing brain.

Fish are fooled by visual illusions in the same way as humans, finds new QBI research.

Ultrasound, a non-invasive therapy, slows down the harmful effects of ageing on brain cells, new QBI research finds.

QBI researchers have discovered the major cause of agenesis of corpus callosum, a developmental brain disorder.

Alzheimer's disease research has earned QBI's Professor Geoff Faulkner a $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship.

A new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) launches to help school leaders and teachers foster deep learning in their students.

Clinical trials have begun into whether an extract from mangosteens can help treat schizophrenia, led by QBI researchers.

Two QBI researchers have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Birds avoid crashing into each other by always veering right, QBI research finds, which may aid technology to stop mid-air plane collisions.

Five people worldwide have been awarded the first IBRO/IBE-UNESCO Science of Learning Fellowships, including QBI's Professor Ross Cunnington.

A QBI study into trigger fish has found that they see colours that humans cannot.

A UQ PhD student takes out prestigious neuroscience award and is the first Australian to ever win.

Despite being able to camouflage themselves in colourful surroundings, cuttlefish, squid and octopus are colourblind, QBI research has found.

Schizophrenia research has won QBI's Dr Marta Garrido a highly competitive UQ Research Award.

Brain stimulation can alter activity throughout the connected networks of the brain, Queensland research finds.

The NPJ Science of Learning Community brings together teachers, researchers and policymakers to improve education.

QBI research has identified the specific cause of a rare form of epilepsy in babies.

QBI's Laura Fenlon has won the Queensland Women in Technology PhD Career Start Award for her neuroscience research.

QBI researchers have built a mathematical model that explains how ion gates open and close.

Brain training for specific tasks can also improve broader brain performance, research finds for the first time.