Neuroscience

New technology is enabling neuroscientists to make increasingly detailed wiring diagrams that could yield new insights into brain function

Implants are becoming more sophisticated—and are attracting commercial interest

Researchers hope they could one day be used as a routine clinical tool by physicians.

Modern brain science as we know it began with the work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, whose creative thought sprang from memories of a childhood spent in the preindustrial Spanish countryside

A statistical analysis finds evidence for shooting streaks in real game situations

Science—and experience—show that we most definitely see faces in inanimate objects. But new research finds that, more often than not, we perceive those illusory faces as male.

An unsettling illusion points to both philosophy and robotics

Researchers say that such bio-integrated systems could be the future of prosthetics

A structure known as the cerebellum acts as a brake on consumption

The neuromorphic computing device solved the puzzle by working like an animal brain would

One brain region is crucial for our ability to form and maintain a consistent identity both now and when thinking about the future

Our fascination with brain-based explanations of psychology arises from intuitive ideas about the separation of mind and body—ideas unsupported by science