Tag: Brain
Teenage brains are drawn to popular social media challenges – here’s...
Elisa M. Trucco, Florida International University and Julie Cristello, Florida International University
Viral social media trends started innocently enough.
Rhythmically stimulating the brain with electrical currents could boost cognitive function,...
Shrey Grover, Boston University
Figuring out how to enhance a person’s mental capabilities has been of considerable interest to...
Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals – new research
Prasad Shirvalkar, University of California, San Francisco
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what...
Andrey Vyshedskiy, Boston University
You can easily picture yourself riding a bicycle across the sky even though that’s not...
Fossil teeth reveal how brains developed in utero over millions of...
Tesla Monson, Western Washington University
Fossilized bones help tell the story of what human beings and our predecessors were...
Harnessing the brain’s immune cells to stave off Alzheimer’s and other...
Kristine Zengeler, University of Virginia
Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions that result from the loss of function or death...
Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington and Andrew Ko, University of Washington
Imagine that a soldier has a tiny...
Fatherhood changes men’s brains, according to before-and-after MRI scans
Darby Saxbe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Magdalena Martínez García, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón IiSGM
EXPLORING NATURE
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
