Neurology Dendrites generate electrical spikes too — human brain computing capacity might be 100 times larger than thought March 13, 2017
Bizarre Stories Inside the minds of real-life zombies — people who think they have a dead brain inside a living body March 3, 2017 - Updated on May 1, 2023
Neurology Scientists pick the brain of comedians to learn about the neuroscience of humor March 1, 2017
Mind & Brain Sleeping more than 9 hours a night may put you at risk of developing dementia at old age March 1, 2017
Mind & Brain Sea slugs can’t remember their dreams — and here’s why you can’t, either December 6, 2016
Mind & Brain The seat of consciousness might lie in two brain regions. Stimulating them could wake up patients from coma November 17, 2016
Animals Bees can feel optimism, possibly other ’emotion-like states’ as well, study finds October 7, 2016
Health Brain interface enables monkeys to thought-type passages from Hamlet with 12 words per minute September 14, 2016
Biology What causes phantom limb — it’s all in the brain September 7, 2016 - Updated on September 10, 2016
Mind & Brain Brain circuit links sleep-wake cycle with reward system — a new potential target for insomnia drugs September 6, 2016
Animals We’ve finally discovered how birds can sleep and fly at the same time without crashing August 4, 2016
Biology Getting blackout drunk: how alcohol can leave you with no memory of the night before July 18, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Neurology Is brain training bogus? New study suggests this billion dollar industry only delivers placebos June 21, 2016
Mind & Brain These people felt what it’s like to be invisible, and the implications could be massive for psychotherapy June 17, 2016
Mind & Brain This algorithm reconstructs the faces of people you see by reading your mind June 14, 2016 - Updated on July 19, 2023
Health Can’t get any rest when sleeping in a new place? It’s just your brain keeping you safe April 22, 2016
Biology Georgetown University team found you can literally zap creativity into your brain April 19, 2016 - Updated on April 20, 2016
Health For the first time in history, researchers restore voluntary finger movement for a paralyzed man April 14, 2016
Mind & Brain The brain on LSD is like that of a baby: brain area connections become one April 12, 2016
Mind & Brain Would you be willing to take an electric shock in the name of curiosity? Science says yes, several actually April 9, 2016 - Updated on April 10, 2016
Neurology Religion and science: is there really a divide ? March 23, 2016 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Mind & Brain Heavy marijuana users process stressful stimuli similarly to those with an anxiety disorder March 17, 2016 - Updated on March 30, 2017
Health Learning a complex skill bypasses the brain’s division of labour and supercharges it March 16, 2016
Neurology Brain’s memory may be 10 times larger than previously thought January 21, 2016 - Updated on January 22, 2016
Mind & Brain Your brain on gambling: neural connection strength predicts risky behaviour January 11, 2016 - Updated on August 11, 2016
