For example, Neo, the hero of the story, undergoes a ten-hour “training” while lying back ... pushing novel information directly into your brain is clearly fantasy, American computer scientist ...

Brain training through computerized platforms like Lumosity and NeuroNation promise to improve memory and problem-solving skills. Despite a multibillion-dollar industry that emerged in 2014, whether ...

The model demonstrates an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.863 for the training set and 0.776 for the test set ... Segmentation: Automated segmentation of the cerebellum is performed using volBrain, 2 ...

The basic idea, as I mentioned above, is to create a memory palace by training your brain to remember things better. The researchers found that after using the technique, subjects within their 51 ...

The brain diagram, called a connectome, could revolutionize researchers’ understanding of the human brain, which has many parallels with a fruit fly’s Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent ...

Signals from those muscles control robotic joints, so the prosthesis is fully under control of the user’s brain. The system enabled people with below-knee amputations to walk more naturally and ...

An international collaboration of scientists has mapped the brain of a fruit fly in a milestone research project announced on Thursday. The research sought to decipher how brains are wired and the ...

It's an accomplishment that scientists have dreamed about for more than half a century. At last, a massive international team of researchers has mapped in exquisite detail every neuron in the brain of ...

Scientists have recently completed the most ambitious effort yet to construct such a map: a complete document of every neuron and every connection in the brain of an adult fruit fly. The research ...

In the brain of a singular fruit fly, nerve cells weave themselves together, enabling flight, mating, eating, sleeping and every other activity of her fly life. Now, in nine papers published ...

Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. By Carl Zimmer A fruit fly’s brain is smaller than a poppy seed, but it packs ...