Behavior
Why Delays in Delivering Justice Lead to Harsher Sentencing
People want swift punishment and will even penalize perpetrators for delays outside their control
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Neuroscience
Brain-Reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts
Two studies report considerable improvements in technologies designed to help people with facial paralysis to communicate
Neuroscience
Scientists Tried to Re-create an Entire Human Brain in a Computer. What Happened?
The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. It had notable achievements and a troubled past
Neuroscience
Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind
One of the most in-depth catalogs of an animal’s brain-body connections ever compiled ties neural activity to roundworm behavior
Mental Health
The Youth Mental Health Crisis Worsens amid a Shortage of Professional Help Providers
In October 2021 a national emergency in child mental health was declared. Since then the crisis has only gotten worse...
Cognition
Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline
Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall.
Neuroscience
New Neurotechnology Is Blurring the Lines around Mental Privacy—But Are New Human Rights the Answer?
Ethical and social implications of brain science and neural engineering raise many questions
Mental Health
This Therapy Helps Formerly Incarcerated People Return to Society
Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy helps people getting out of prison to reengage with society and build a new life
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity
Artificial intelligence has turned the brain’s electrical signals into somewhat garbled classic rock
Mental Health
Why Just One Sleepless Night Makes People Emotionally Fragile
Sleep loss dampens brain regions that help manage our emotions
