Neuroscience
Autism, Human Connection and the ‘Double Empathy’ Problem
Despite stereotypes, many autistic people yearn for meaningful relationships, but they are daunted by neurotypicals’ assumptions about them
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Diet
Period Food Cravings Are Real. A New Brain Finding Could Explain Why They Happen
A new study suggests that changes in the brain's sensitivity to insulin during phases of the menstrual cycle may be linked to appetite
Neuroscience
Forgotten Memories May Remain Intact in the Brain
Everyday lapses in memory can be a part of learning
Neuroscience
Neuropeptide Y May Have Made Humans Smart and Overindulgent
A brain chemical may play a role in the development of our complex brain, as well as our inclination toward obesity and addiction
Consciousness
If AI Becomes Conscious, Here’s How We Can Tell
A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories of consciousness could help assess whether an artificial intelligence system achieves this state
Neuroscience
Brain-Reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts
Two studies report considerable improvements in technologies designed to help people with facial paralysis to communicate
Neuroscience
Scientists Tried to Re-create an Entire Human Brain in a Computer. What Happened?
The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. It had notable achievements and a troubled past
Neuroscience
Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind
One of the most in-depth catalogs of an animal’s brain-body connections ever compiled ties neural activity to roundworm behavior
Neuroscience
New Neurotechnology Is Blurring the Lines around Mental Privacy—But Are New Human Rights the Answer?
Ethical and social implications of brain science and neural engineering raise many questions
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity
Artificial intelligence has turned the brain’s electrical signals into somewhat garbled classic rock
Neuroscience
See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain
A dazzling new map lights up the fruit fly brain
Neuroscience
How the Brain Creates Your Physical Sense of Self
New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their body
Neuroscience
How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate
Discussions of dinosaur brainpower spark larger questions around the nature of intelligence
Neuroscience
What Is Vagus Nerve Stimulation For?
The vagus nerve is the key information expressway between the brain and most internal organs. Researchers are now studying how stimulating it might improve mental and physical health
Arts
Can Your Body’s Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can
A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit-song scientists are skeptical
Neuroscience
The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored]
John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation...
Neuroscience
That Tip-of-the-Tongue Feeling May Be an Illusion
When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your tongue
Neuroscience
The Heart Can Sway Our Perception of Time
Our sense of time can expand or contract with the rhythm of each heartbeat
Neuroscience
Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact
The minds of social species are strikingly resonant
Neuroscience
Where Imagination Lives in Your Brain
The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus
