14-11-10 Sometimes, words just complicate things. What if our brains could communicate directly with each other, bypassing the need for language? University of Washington researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pai...

14-10-04 The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about that topic. New research publishing online October 2 in the Cell Press journal Neuron provides insights into what happens in our brains when curiosity is piqued. The...

14-09-15 When people practice simple word classification tasks before nodding off -- knowing that a cat is an animal or that flipu isn't found in the dictionary, for example -- their brains will unconsciously continue to make those classifications even in sl...

14-07-15 Infants can tell the difference between sounds of all languages until about 8 months of age when their brains start to focus only on the sounds they hear around them. It's been unclear how this transition occurs, but social interactions and caregive...

14-06-30 For children, stress can go a long way. A little bit provides a platform for learning, adapting and coping. But a lot of it -- chronic, toxic stress like poverty, neglect and physical abuse -- can have lasting negative impacts. A team of University...

14-03-30 伦敦研究人员近日发现，我们在听到发自内心的笑声和虚情假意的笑声时，大脑会呈现出完全不同的反应。 Next time your boss tells a bad joke and you feel compelled to laugh, beware - they can tell you're faking it. Researchers from London have discovered our...

13-12-06 如果你早餐刚吃了谷类食物或者中饭只嚼了一块三明治，你也许不想读这篇文章，因为根据文中的医生所言，谷物有损你的大脑健康。 It's tempting to call David Perlmutter's dietary advice radical. The neurologist and president of the Perlmutter Health Center in...

13-09-29 本周四，斯蒂芬霍金在有关其生平的纪录片电影首映式上表示，大脑就像是计算机里的一个程序，因此从理论上来说，大脑可以被复制到电脑上，人死后，大脑可以在电脑里以另一种形态存活。不过，他同时也指出，这一设想远远超出了目前的技术水平，他还认为传统意义上的死后...

13-08-16 Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered a novel and complex visual circuit in a dragonfly's brain that could one day help to improve vision systems for robots. Dr Steven Wiederman and Associate Professor David O'Carroll from the Un...

13-07-26 The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who were sure of their recollections, but DNA evidence later overturned the conviction. In...