Neuroscience
We still have so much to learn about the brain. Keep up with the latest news, from psychology to machine learning.
These diagrams show what anatomical names really mean.
Use the science of social jetlag to your advantage.
This person moved someone else’s hand just by thinking about it
Bats can see using sonar, and some people can, too.
Thank you, evolution, for making me buy all these blankets.
The robotic future is already here.
Don’t want to pay a charity CEO’s salary? Neither does anyone else.
Researchers have been using brain scans to try to listen to their thoughts.
Researchers trained a baby to fear harmless objects. And that’s not all.
The research could someday be used to treat Alzheimer’s or PTSD.
And they’ve come up with some intriguing results.
Brain scans could transform how doctors understand pain, and bring relief to millions.
If you drink a ton of coffee, this may be why
What we can learn from a dog that has memorized over 1000 words
Missing half her neurons didn’t stop this woman from living a normal life.
The real science about how advertisers might mess with your mind.
It’s technically telepathy, it’s really slow, and it requires some serious technical gear.
The NFL’s concussion crisis, explained
Researchers are beginning to figure out what all those hours of slumber are actually for.
Researchers are hard at working trying to figure out how memory works, and they have some tantalizing clues.
Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom on why we ought to be preparing for the age of “superintelligent” machines, which may or may not coexist peacefully with mankind.
This is a real medical research project that’s just getting underway.
Millions of Americans are suffering. Science can (hopefully) help.
Sometimes teasing apart evolution and culture is really, really tricky.
Or, 7 good reasons to go to bed on time tonight.
On the heels of the NFL draft, new research shows than even college football players brains’ show changes after just a few years on the field.
Neuroscience has amazing brain-reading and brain-modifying tools. But with this great power comes great responsibility.
Using gentle electrical stimulation on the scalp, researchers made subjects aware that they were dreaming — within their dreams.
Researchers have found a biological mechanism for why infants don’t retain memories as well as adults do.
A new study claims that women wear too much makeup under the false impression that it’s what others like. Here’s what the results actually say.
In an investigation of 36 species, animals with larger brains performed better on two problem-solving tasks
Researchers showed that rats exposed to space-style radiation have cognitive deficits
Zapping brains with genes could improve the hearing of people who have cochlear implants.
Oxytocin won’t stop your spouse from cheating on you and hasn’t cured autism