Pretend that our understanding of the brain has expanded so much and our technology has become so great that this is our new reality: we, humans, have created conscious software.

The idea of a synthetic experience uploaded to the mind has been a sci-fi fantasy forever. New brain-computer interfaces are making it nonfiction—very slowly.

The Human Brain Looks Suspiciously Like the Universe, Which May Freak You Out There are one too many similarities for this to be a coincidence.

How does your brain know something is real? Your brain blends imagination and reality—sometimes too well. Keith Wagstaff Published Jul 11, 2025 9:00 AM EDT ...

Strikingly simple 'dial' in the brain may help it distinguish imagination from reality When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans reveal Memories aren't static in ...

"Just imagine how a human brain would look using this same technique," says another commenter, "the moment of first love, fear, or anguish, it would all seem like a continuum of electrical ...

Answers about how the brain as a whole integrates activity among areas, however, have proved elusive. Just what does a “smart” brain look like?

Humans What does a memory in my brain look like? Memories are not just about the past: they are what thought and self are made of. We visit the brain’s vaults to find out how they actually work ...

Answers about how the brain as a whole integrates activity among areas, however, have proved elusive. Just what does a “smart” brain look like?

Whatever it was, you probably weren’t thinking much about yourself or your to-do list. What makes awe so transporting, overwhelming, even mystical at times? Researchers explored this question in a ...

Neuroscientists at CU Boulder have discovered that a specific type of brain cell could be a key player in making you feel the negative impacts of stress.

To do so, they directed their attention to the complex circuitry of the human brain. “We wondered if we could see how local circuits in the brain react in patients with autism,” explains the ...