neuroscience

After 20 months, scientists find lab-dish brain cells matured at a similar rate to those of an actual infant.

New studies show that some people can hear and respond to questions while dreaming.

They did really well considering joysticks are not designed for oral use.

From baboon hierarchies to the mind-gut connection, the path to defeating depression starts with understanding its causes.

Scientists observe how the halves of the brain keep us informed about everything everywhere.

How much of this can be linked to genetics?

New research from MIT is unintuitive but could lead to a better system.

A recent study showed that monkeys can make logical choices when given an A or B scenario.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.

Answering the question of who you are is not an easy task. Let’s unpack what culture, philosophy, and neuroscience have to say.

Daydreaming can be a pleasant pastime, but people who suffer from maladaptive daydreaming are trapped by their fantasies.

Debating is cognitively taxing but also important for the health of a democracy—provided it’s face-to-face.

This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.

A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.

Some volunteers performed above chance. They weren’t the psychics.

What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.

Reading code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.

An excessive focus on past failures can make learning about new situtations more difficult.

Is your red the same as mine? Probably not.

Scientists watch as mice mouse around an onscreen maze.

A large study shows changes in the brain scans of lonely people in the area involved in imagination, memory, and daydreaming.

A new observational study finds that red wine and cheese have protective effects.

Is the quest to upload human consciousness and ditch our meat puppets the future—or is it fool’s gold?

Neuroscientists and ethicists wants to ensure that neurotechnologies remain benevolent.

There is a neurological link between serotonin levels and the brain’s ability to control impulses and patience levels.

Philosophers have been asking the question for hundreds of years. Now neuroscientists are joining the quest to find out.

MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.

These tiny fish are helping scientists understand how the human brain processes sound.

It’s never too late to learn a new language. Just don’t count on speaking French like a Parisian.

A new study found similarities between the human brain and the cosmic network of galaxies.