This episode of NOVA scienceNOW delves into some pretty heady stuff, examining magic and the brain, artificial intelligence, magnetic mind control, and the work of neuroscientist and synesthesia ...
The sooner we, neuroscientists (particularly, those of us who study mammalian brains), realize that the brain does not work in isolation, the sooner we can label our current state as good old ...
How does the brain store—and access—our memories? While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly ...
They’re now sharing their secrets with scientists to study how the brain works. Jay Olson, a former professional magician, now studies psychiatry at Montreal’s McGill University and is ...
A new study links satellite data with brain imaging to reveal how environmental factors like light pollution, green spaces, ...
If kids' brains get used to constant changes, "the brain finds it difficult to adapt to a nondigital activity where things don't move quite as fast," Manos said. Young people experience "a ...
Squished between your ears, soaked in blood and swaddled in bone is your brain, a metabolic engine ... questions about how this machine works, how it stirs consciousness into being and how to ...