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Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...

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When Kate Walsh was wheeled into brain surgery in 2015, she had no idea if she'd wake up again. Suddenly, after playing a ...

Engaging in brain teasers like an ice skater puzzle offers both fun and cognitive benefits. The challenge requires readers to ...

An illustration showing a paralyzed individual with a spinal cord injury, implanted with intracortical electrodes in the brain. This brain-computer interface (BCI) allows the individual to control ...

The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.

An illustration of the team's technology, which combines a bionic limb with brain implants to reproduce more complex sensations of touch. © Chalmers University of ...

Millions of people across the UK are suffering from an incurable syndrome that gets worse at night - keeping millions of us ...

Could it be possible that someone is a better reader because of their brain anatomy? A study published in Neuroimage shows the brain structure of readers, explaining why some people excel at reading.

"While 'bird brain' is often used as an insult ... skeletons photographed at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris. Credit: Aubrey Keirnan (Flinders University) A masked ...

Examining the nature and origin of human intelligence and the intersection with machine intelligence in the past, present and (posited) future.