FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2019·4 min readCould prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?Having identified a new, simpler way to study neural activity, researchers believe they are on track to creating a compact, low power and potentially wireless brain sensor that could make thought-controlled prosthetic limbs ubiquitous.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 18, 2019·4 min readResearch into aphasia reveals new interactions between language and thoughtProblems with counterfactive interpretation in those with aphasia are associated with a reduction of propositional, lexical and syntactic cognition.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 9, 2018·7 min readNavigating Our Thoughts: Fundamental Principles of ThinkingResearchers propose a new theory of human thinking, suggesting our brain's navigation system is key to thinking. This may explain why our knowledge seems to be organized in spatial fashion.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·January 17, 2018·6 min readRecording a Thought’s Fleeting Trip Through the BrainUC Berkeley researchers report the prefrontal cortex coordinates activity in order to help us act in response to perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 11, 2017·4 min readBeauty Requires ThoughtResearchers report distractions can detract from the experience of beauty, and sensuous pleasures can also be beautiful.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 22, 2016·3 min readWatching Thoughts, and Addictions, Form in the BrainA new approach may lead to a better understanding of how we learn and how addictions develop.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 6, 2015·5 min readBuilding New ThoughtsA new study considers how thoughts take shape in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 1, 2015·4 min readMechanism Behind Cognitive Control of Thoughts DiscoveredA new study provides evidence for how the frontal cortex exerts control over thought and action.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 25, 2015·2 min readWhat Happens in the Brain When We Think?A new study questions standing theories on how the brain absorbs and processes information.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 21, 2015·8 min readUsing Thought to Control a Robotic ArmImplanting neuroprosthetics into the posterior parietal cortex allows a paralyzed man to control a robotic arm through thought, a new study reports.Read More
