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
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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
Neuroscience
See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain
A dazzling new map lights up the fruit fly brain
Neuroscience
How the Brain Creates Your Physical Sense of Self
New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their body
Neuroscience
How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate
Discussions of dinosaur brainpower spark larger questions around the nature of intelligence
Neuroscience
What Happens in the Vagus Does Not Stay in the Vagus
The vagus nerve is the key information expressway between the brain and most internal organs. So what happens in the vagus nerve can impact the entire body
Arts
Can Your Body’s Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can
A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit-song scientists are skeptical
Neuroscience
The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored]
John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation...
Neuroscience
That Tip-of-the-Tongue Feeling May Be an Illusion
When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your tongue
Neuroscience
The Heart Can Sway Our Perception of Time
Our sense of time can expand or contract with the rhythm of each heartbeat
Neuroscience
Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact
The minds of social species are strikingly resonant
Neuroscience
Where Imagination Lives in Your Brain
The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus
Neuroscience
The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Machinery of the Cell [Sponsored]
James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience?...
Neuroscience
A Rare Form of Dementia Can Unleash Creativity
Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas
Neuroscience
Here’s What Causes Motion Sickness
Here's how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain
Cognition
Adversity in Early Childhood Can Impair Brain Development
Adverse early childhood experience leaves persisting traces in brain structure, highlighting the importance of preventive measures for healthy brain development
Consciousness
Surges of Activity in the Dying Human Brain Could Hint at Fleeting Conscious Experiences
An increase in activity in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don’t know for sure
Neuroscience
How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement
A pillar of every neuroscience textbook, the classic “homunculus” has just gone through a radical revision
Neuroscience
Wearable Brain Devices Will Challenge Our Mental Privacy
A new era of neurotechnology means we may need new protections to safeguard our brain and mental experiences
Artificial Intelligence
AI Can Re-create What You See from a Brain Scan
Image-generating AI is getting better at re-creating what people are looking at from their fMRI data. But this isn’t mind reading—yet
