Brain
Why you may have invented your earliest childhood memories
Around four out of every 10 of us have fabricated our first memory, according to researchers. This is thought to be ...
Computer-based ‘brain-training’ program could aid veterans who suffer traumatic injuries
It has been 27 years since an attack on a U.S. military convoy in the Middle East left Army reservist ...
Dream quest: Why you can’t remember your dreams—and how you can change that
For many of us, dreams are an almost intangible presence. If we’re lucky, we can only remember the most fleeting ...
Building a better hearing aid: This one filters out unwanted sounds by reading your mind
The brain is unsurpassed in its ability to pick out juicy tidbits and attention-grabbing voices against a cacophony of background ...
There’s something in elderly blood that hurts our brains. Is this protein the culprit?
Something in elderly blood is bad for brains. Plasma from old mice or humans worsens cognition and biological indicators of ...
How blinking alters the way our brains perceive the passage of time
Every few seconds, each time you blink, your retinas are deprived of visual input for a period lasting anywhere between ...
Video: See how the brain makes memories
Watch Princeton University’s Nicholas Turk-Browne describe his research on how the human brain makes, stores and adjusts memories. Read full, ...
Podcast: Is the ‘bliss gene’ real?
In the interview, Maria Konnikova is back for another round of “Is That Bullshit?” Because Mike experiences less anxiety than ...
Can we rejuvenate brain function by disabling this protein? It worked with older mice.
Scientists have shown that delivering blood from an old mouse into a young mouse or vice versa prompts a sort ...
Chasing the ‘perplexing’ link between appendectomies and Parkinson’s disease
New research has found a perplexing, though relatively small link between the devastating neurological illness Parkinson’s disease and having your ...
Our powers of perception are boosted by our brain that guesses what’s about to happen
Imagine picking up a glass of what you think is apple juice, only to take a sip and discover that ...
‘Reverse engineering’ our brains with silicon chips could help us understand consciousness
The fact that computers “think” very differently than our brains do actually gives them an advantage when it comes to ...
Building artificial brains to help us understand our own
You’d think that overseeing an entire issue of The Scientist focused on artificial intelligence would cause my mind to wander far into ...
Name recognition could be key to an early diagnosis tool for autism
Every pediatrician knows that it’s important to diagnose autism when a child is as young as possible, because when younger ...
Newly identified type of dementia could be ‘more common than Alzheimer’s’
Doctors have newly outlined a type of dementia that could be more common than Alzheimer's among the oldest adults, according ...
Why loss of sleep is ‘having a catastrophic impact on our health’
According to neuroscientist Matthew Walker, I'm doing serious damage to my health—and life—by not sleeping enough. "The decimation of sleep ...
Turning brain signals into speech using artificial intelligence moves closer to reality
In an effort to provide a voice for people who can’t speak, neuroscientists have designed a device that can transform ...
An hour of exercise a week might be enough to stave off brain shrinkage, study shows
Staying fit could help keep your brain from shrinking and aging in your older years, suggests a new study out ...
Does LSD microdosing change how people see the world?
You’ve probably heard about microdosing, the “productivity hack” popular among Silicon Valley engineers and business leaders. Microdosers take regular small doses of LSD ...
‘Stranger than doctors could have imagined’: Boy born without one type of brain cells
Even before he was born, it was clear that the boy’s brain was unusual—so much so that his expecting parents ...
Viewpoint: We can’t fight sexism by denying the science behind male-female brain differences
Seeking to understand female and male brain differences from a scientific point of view is often dismissed as 'neurosexism.' ...
Brain sync studies could lead to better connections between patients and therapists
A growing cadre of neuroscientists is using sophisticated technology ... to capture what happens in one brain, two brains, or ...
What colored blobs in the brain can tell us about environmental decision making
The fast-growing field of neuroeconomics is shedding new light on how we make choices related to protecting the environment ...
Human brains have been shrinking since the Stone Age. We don’t know why
It’s something of a well-known secret among anthropologists: Based on measurements of skulls, the average brain volume of Homo sapiens ...
CDC says autism is on the rise—and why it may be worse than we think
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new report on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ... offers little good news. It ...
Restoring sense of smell with a brain implant
After a concussion left [Scott] Moorehead without a sense of smell six years ago, these losses were all he could ...
Headache or brain tumor: How can we tell the difference?
A news report out [April 1] highlights an unfortunate situation of a young woman in the United Kingdom who claims repeated doctor ...
