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Brain Imaging
One of the toughest vocational exams in the world requires candidates to memorize 25,000 streets in an area five times the size of Manhattan.
The technology might be much closer than you'd think.
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The brain is an “illusion factory.” Here’s what that means for our perception of time.
Unlikely Collaborators
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“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”
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“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies except love, and everybody loves.”
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"If you're interested in human performance, what you want is something that's reliable and repeatable, and thus you want neurobiology because neurobiology gives you mechanism."
A universal signature could make surgeries safer — and help reveal what holds consciousness together.
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“There's a very pervasive belief that human nature is fundamentally selfish, but I know for a fact that that can't be true in part because my life was saved by a stranger a long time ago when I was 19.”
Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.
The findings show that even small areas in the brain may have the potential to represent complex meanings.
In the brain's language-processing centers, some cells respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words together.
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
Research suggests you can influence your sense of time by changing the “embodiedness” of your daily habits.
An MIT study finds the brains of children who grow up in less affluent households are less responsive to rewarding experiences.
The heart's rhythms may play a larger role in shaping psychedelic experiences than previously thought.
The aging brain is networked differently.
It has already been trialed in people and could give us a better way to analyze and stimulate the brain.
Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
A high-fat diet might trigger inflammation of the hypothalamus.
It could explain why so many people don’t respond to common antidepressants.
Will we ever unravel the mystery of consciousness? Two academics made a 25-year bet on it. The scientist lost.
Synchronized activity between the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and thalamus plays a role in memory consolidation.
Brain activity may be more like "ripples in a pond" rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.
A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
The dying brain experiences a surge of electrical activity. Could this help explain the mysterious phenomena of near-death experiences?
The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a "reality threshold" that is lower than it should be.
A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.