The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought, finds a study of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted in ...

While that vision of pushing novel information directly into your brain is clearly fantasy, American computer scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks we’ll only have to wait until 2045 for ...

The human brain includes two hemispheres connected by a bundle of nerves. The left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere directs the left side.

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being ...

“It’ll take me a moment to locate your brain,” he says. On a hard drive Wedeen has stored hundreds of brains—exquisitely detailed 3-D images from monkeys, rats, and humans, including m ...

These 800,000 lab-grown brain cells can play a 1970s video game, albeit badly Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong.

Oct. 1, 2024 — Deep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or ... Oct. 15, 2024 — A recent study found ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the brain throughout the pregnancy timeline, from pre-conception to postpartum. Using precision brain imaging, researchers were able to map ...

Microglia are the brain's resident immune cells. Their job is to patrol the brain's blood vessels looking for invading pathogens to gobble up. But what happens when they go rogue? Historically ...

Addiction corrupts the ability to make choices.Addiction brings about changes in the brain, but those changes do not reflect a pathological process. The pathways to addiction can be difficult to ...

Share on Pinterest New research shows exactly what happens to the brain during pregnancy. The question is: What does this mean for the pregnant person? Image credit: Studio Firma/Stocksy.

The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought , finds a study 1 of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted ...