Neuroscience
A Paralyzed Woman Operated a Flight Simulator Using Only Her Thoughts
Electrodes implanted in the brain are shown to enable those with quadriplegia to achieve amazing feats
Like People, Bees Can Be Fooled by False Memories
Bumblebees gravitate toward unfamiliar flowers that merge two patterns they know—a classic error of long term memory
How One Doctor Proposes to Conduct the First Human Head Transplant
An Italian neuroscientists says that the surgery could be ready in as few as two years, but the scientific community remains very skeptical
Meet the Man Who Can Taste Words
For some, taste mixes with other sense—a form of synesthesia that isn't as common as experiencing the colors of words
Is That Pill a Placebo? This Program Can Tell, Even If You Can't
A new algorithm could make it faster and less expensive to develop new painkillers
Midnight Snacking Is Bad for Your Brain
Experiments in mice show that misaligned eating patterns can mess with the brain's ability to form memories and learn new tasks
Brains Make Decisions the Way Alan Turing Cracked Codes
A mathematical tool developed during World War II operates in a similar way to brains weighing the reliability of information
Scientists Discover “Reset” Button for Circadian Rhythm
Could a simple reboot turn exhaustion into a thing of the past?
Scientists Try Out 2,300-Year-Old Brain Surgery Techniques
Experiments conducted by a Siberian research team shed light on the neurosurgical methods evident in three Iron Age skulls
Why “Expensive” Medicines Might Actually Work Better
Perceived cost might influence drugs’ benefits
It’s Easy to Make People Like Healthy Food…Just Rewire Their Brains
A new study imaged brains of women of different weights and found dramatic differences in how their brains responded to food
Neuroscientists Found Eight Genes That Govern Human Brain Size
A consortium of neuroscientists compared medical data from over 30,000 people and found genetic mutations that may cause parts of the brain to be smaller
What Hibernation Teaches Us About Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists find that a brain-protecting protein produced when the body cools may have major implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders
This Woman Can’t Feel Fear
Damage from a rare genetic condition appears to have knocked out the "fear center" in her brain
Shivers Could Be Contagious
Looking at a chilly person could make you cold, too
Monkeys Can Learn to Recognize Themselves in the Mirror
Generations of monkeys had tried and failed a classic test of intelligence, but the fault may have been in the way humans thought of the test
This Art Studio Nurtures Talent in People on the Autism Spectrum
New York City's Pure Visions Arts provides an art and exhibition space for around 40 creative people with autism
Birds Get Drunk And Sing Drunken Songs
Like humans, birds just don’t sing as well drunk as they do when sober
Blind People Can Echolocate
Echolocation acts as such a close a proxy for vision that it falls victim to the same shortcomings
How to Create a Virtual Organism
Through OpenWorm, scientists are hoping to allow anyone with a computer to unlock the secrets of animal behavior
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