When Zahra Moussavi’s mother developed Alzheimer’s, the scientist pursued a technology that directly stimulates the brain with electromagnets to mitigate the effects of the disease. It worked.
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New research gives weight to Noam Chomsky’s idea of a universal language ability.
As students return to school and prepare to join sports teams, here’s what they and their parents need to know about concussions.
Niamh, age 7, wants to know why we have scary dreams. But after 200 years of study, dreams are still very much a mystery.
People’s minds can be fooled into experiencing both pain and pain relief.
Research suggests it could be down to how our brains are wired.
We’re used to thinking of our eyes detecting light as the foundation of our visual system. But what’s going on in other cells throughout the body that can detect light, too?
Areas of the brain are being mapped, much like the towns, cities and countries represented in a typical atlas.
Using mind reading technologies in court could become common practice.
A study in mice shows that transplantation of healthy stem cells into the brain’s hypothalamus can boost lifespan considerably.
Visual illusions provide an inkling of the mental processing that delivers our experience of the world.
Our brain and gut are constantly talking to each other, so it makes sense mental health and stomach issues have a close relationship.
Interview with the scientist Claude Berrou, inventor of the turbocodes that protect the data of the connected objects. Today, he is exploring the neurosciences.
By 2167, genetically designed, digitally enhanced humans with Internet-connected brains will live with intelligent machines in a transformed environment and maybe even among the stars.
New research adds to the evidence that playing is linked to learning brain power in primates.
People who have an extreme preference for using their right hand may be worse at maths, according to new research.
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A podcast on what music does to our brains, and why it moves us.
A new study of how frequently certain words were used between 1800 and 2000 shows that political power as a guiding principle is more important than money and religious belief.
BCI devices that read minds and act on intentions can change lives for the better. But they could also be put to nefarious use in the not-too-distant future. Now’s the time to think about risks.
A strange delusion which may have its origins in damage to a particular process in the brain, is also one that can help us to understand how we recognise each other.
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Penn State
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Senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neurosciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Music Psychology, Durham University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience, University of Sussex
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence/ Computer Science, Fudan University
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Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Professeur agrégé de neurosciences computationnelles et neurophysiologie, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Environmental science, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Physics, University of Sheffield
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
