Humans are capable of short-term precognition, study finds
How many times did you find yourself anticipating a certain event shortly before it happened?
Tag: neuroscience
Cooking food helped early humans grow bigger brains
The pyramids, art, all of the world's great inventions, literary works, just about any valuable intellectual work can be traced ...
Slime can navigate using external memory, despite having no brain – a precursor to the nervous system?
The filaments created by a slime mold, along with the slime left behind on travel paths. ...
Atlas of the human brain might help identify the mechanics of neural conditions
Neuroscientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle have created an atlas of the human brain, which highlights the activity of ...
We make mistakes more often and learn harder when rules change
Someone whose been driving for 20 years, let's say, in the United States and somehow ends up driving a car ...
Fluoride in tap water lowers IQ and hampers child brain development
According to the Fluoride Action Network there are at present 24 independent studies which have a direct link between fluoride ...
Paralyzed, controls robotic arm just with the power of thought
Nothing short of extraordinary, two people paralyzed from the neck down controlled a robotic arm to perform actions of various ...
The Human brain might be organized a whole lot simpler than previously thought. Imaging reveals 3-D grid structure
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Memories are stored in specific brain cells, MIT Inception-like research finds
When the brain deems an experience meaningful enough, it ...
Why the brain gets slower as we get older
From a certain age onward, humans seem to process information at a slower pace - learning new things becomes more difficult, ...
Brain imaging reveals the movies inside our mind
Mixing in a typical fMRI brain scanner with advanced computer modeling simulations, scientists at the University of California have managed to ...
Cyborg-rats with artificial cerebellums – first step ahead the age of borg
Remarkably enough, scientists from Tel Aviv University in Israel, have manged to implant an artificial cerebellum in a rat's brain, ...
Tiny neuromicroscope can see inside a moving animal’s brain
A team of neuroscientists from Stanford University have managed to create a remarkably tiny device capable of monitoring brain activity ...
Science brings mind reading tech a step closer
Researchers from Princeton University recently published a study in which they show how they've been able to use functional magnetic ...
Amazing Brain Art
Brain-Art competition is an annual celebration of the beauty and creativity of artistic renderings emerging from the neuroimaging community. Last ...
Introspective individuals spot illusions harder, study says
According to a new study by scientists from University College London, it seems people who find optical illusion solving easier ...
Remember and forget at the flick of a button
A team of neuro-scientists have managed to restore lost memories to rats by activating a part of their brains through ...
Study: traumatic brain injuries in Asterix comics
Brain surgeons must have the best sense of humor in the whole scientific community. Seems like a team of German ...
Multitasking becomes more difficult as we age, brain scans show
It's somewhat evidently observable that the elderly have more trouble focusing or multitasking than young people, but a recent study ...
Mapping the brain’s complexity – ‘one of science’s ultimate goals’
Similar to genomics, the science which maps our genetic background, "connectomics" is a new emerging science which is becoming very ...