brain

The strange case of the man with two hearts

Posted in Medicine on 5th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

When a man was fitted with a new heart, his mind changed in unusual ways. Why? The answer reveals a surprising truth about all our bodies.

Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables

Posted in Science on 5th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

The technology is designed to enable neuroscience research that cannot be accomplished with current sensors that tether subjects with cabled connections.

Customize your emotions with a device; coming in 2015

Posted in Science on 2nd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

What Thync hopes to do, in 10 minutes or less, is create in its users nothing less than a desired state of mind, or mode, ranging from calm to creative to energetic.

Scientists identify promising off-switch for chronic pain

Posted in Medicine on 2nd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists have identified the A3 receptor in the brain as a potential off-switch for chronic pain.

Carnegie Mellon researchers identify brain regions that encode words, grammar, story

Posted in Science on 30th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Analyzing multiple subprocesses of the brain at the same time is unprecedented in cognitive neuroscience.