Latest neuroscience Stories
Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently
Human brains have to work overtime to beat robots at Ping-Pong
What video game-playing mice taught neuroscientists about memory-making
An experimental AI used human brain waves to regenerate images
Neuralink’s request for human trials of brain implants was reportedly rejected by the FDA
Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018
US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.
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Nancy S. Jecker and Andrew Ko / The Conversation
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Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months
The slow, but promising progress of electrode therapy for paralysis
New implant helps patient spell out entire sentences using only brain signals
There’s no proof picking your nose causes Alzheimer’s
What Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI
Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand
Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream
Why this cinematic sound trick makes your brain tingle and your skin crawl
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Alison Nastasi
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Do cats and dogs remember their past?
Why woodpeckers actually don’t need shock-absorbing skulls to headbang
Your nose can help you form new habits
Do animals feel pain? Science author Ed Yong says that’s the wrong question.
Octopus mothers often ‘self destruct.’ We might be closer to knowing why.
The ‘Love Machine’ really exists. Here’s what it’s taught us about our romantic choices.
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Stephanie Cacioppo
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Can ancient smells help us time travel through human history?
A popular mobile game is teaching scientists how we navigate our worlds
What the recording of a dying human brain could tell us
Your brain uses different neurons to add and subtract
Fish brains provide insight on how humans store memories
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Don Arnold / The Conversation
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How to trick your brain into keeping a New Year’s resolution
Here’s why your brain won’t let you remember new passwords
The extreme consequences of stuffing yourselves during the holidays
Neuroscientists are mapping all 100 billion cells in the human brain
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Yongsoo Kim/The Conversation
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Why do we keep falling for jump scares?
How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression
5 reasons you can’t sleep
How are rainbows formed? With simple atmospheric science.
We have now seen our sense of smell in action
Muscle memory is real, but it’s probably not what you think
A new AI-powered brain implant allowed a paralyzed man to speak again
Ask Us Anything: What happens in your brain when you daydream?
A simple psychology study shows how our brains skip over what our eyes see
An Algorithmic Screwup May Have Made A Lot Of fMRI Data Invalid
Is ASMR Real?
The Infant’s Philosopher
Heavy media multitasking might make you more forgetful
Everyone should have a social life, especially older adults
Why some people are bad at dancing
You can’t completely trust your memories
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David Linden
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Why do brains need sleep? These ‘twinkling’ star-shaped cells may help us find out
Hitting a baseball is the hardest skill to pull off in sports. Here’s why.
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Eric Rynston-Lobel
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Turn any magazine into a flashlight with this optical illusion
This image wiggles when you scroll—or does it?
Solving the medical mystery of a brain that sees numbers as spaghetti
Your kids aren’t growing up too quickly, but your brain sure thinks they are
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Keith Payne/The Conversation
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These two red dots are actually identical. Here’s how
Time isn’t real. Here’s how people capitalized on that.
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Ainissa Ramirez
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No one knows what a perfect night’s sleep actually looks like
Here’s why your brain is so bad at those ‘spot the difference’ games
Teams of bacteria have working memories remarkably like ours
Why we evolved to feel empathy during pandemics and other disasters
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Peter Sterling/MIT Press Reader
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Kea parrots use statistics to get what they want
Check out the most complete 3D brain map ever made
Emotions may be universal, but they aren’t easy to translate
How your tongue tells your brain what you’re tasting
New research links air pollution to increased risk of depression and bipolar disorder
Americans reported hearing torturous sounds in Cuba—and now their brains seem changed