MarianCleevesDiamond,aneuroscientistwhostudiedAlbertEinstein’sbrainandwasoneofthefirsttoshowthatthebraincanimprovewithenrichment,hasdied.TheUniversityofCaliforn
A 37-year-old professional musician in India played the guitar on the operating table of his four-hour brain surgery. This incredible procedure was captured on footage and the story was on viral.
A37-year-oldprofessionalmusicianinIndiaplayedtheguitarontheoperatingtableofhisfour-hourbrainsurgery.Thisincredibleprocedurewascapturedonfootageandthestorywasonv
SchizophreniaisnotaparticularlycommonmentalhealthdisorderinAmerica,affectingjust1.2percentofthepopulationoraround3.2millionpeople,butitseffectscanbedebilitating
You'dprobablypreferthatdoctorsrestorelostsightorhearingbydirectlyrepairingyoureyesandears,butRiceUniversityisonestepclosertothenextbestthing:transmittinginfodir
Goodnewsforpeoplewhohatepracticingscales:scientistshavecreatedamusicalinstrumentyoucanplaywithjustyourthoughts.Theinstrument,calledtheEncephalophone—“enceph”mea
Anexperimentaldrugcouldhavemajorimplicationsforpatientssufferingfrommemorydisabilitiescausedbytraumaticbraininjury(TBI).Intests,thedrugknownasISRIBcompletelyres
AbraintrainingcomputergamedevelopedbyBritishneuroscientistshasbeenprovedabletoimprovethememoryofpatientsintheveryearlieststagesofdementiaandcouldhelpsuchpatient
Drinkingevenmoderateamountsofalcoholcanleadtochangesinbrainstructureandharmcognitivefunction,researcherssaidonTuesday,counteringthenotionthatlowlevelsofdrinking
Plant embryos have cells that function as a brain, a study published Tuesday by scientists at the University of Birmingham has revealed. The group of brain cells can assess environmental conditions and dictate when seeds will germinate, the researchers say.
Plantembryoshavecellsthatfunctionasabrain,astudypublishedTuesdaybyscientistsattheUniversityofBirminghamhasrevealed.Thegroupofbraincellscanassessenvironmentalcon
The brain has an amazing capacity for recognizing faces. It can identify a face in a few thousandths of a second, form a first impression of its owner and retain the memory for decades.
Thebrainhasanamazingcapacityforrecognizingfaces.Itcanidentifyafaceinafewthousandthsofasecond,formafirstimpressionofitsownerandretainthememoryfordecades.Centralt
Whenyoufeelparticularlyexhausted,itcandefinitelyfeellikeyouarealsolackinginbraincapacity.Now,anewstudyhassuggestedthiscouldbebecausechronicsleepdeprivationcanac
Researchshowsabiasof70-85percentoffemalescradletheirbabiestotheleft(eventheVirginMaryistypicallyfeaturedholdingtheBabyJesusonherleftside)—andturnsout,theremaybe
China National Engineering Laboratory was recently set up by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, Anhui Province to develop AI technology by learning human brain mechanisms.
ChinaNationalEngineeringLaboratorywasrecentlysetupbytheUniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChina(USTC)inHefei,AnhuiProvincetodevelopAItechnologybylearninghumanbra