A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes. picked by karenben 10 months ago

Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world.
Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Scientists have been able to recreate 'thoughts and memories' for a small part of the brain, and think that scaling the project to a full brain is only a question of money. picked by Ankabout 7 months ago

Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person. picked by karenben 6 months ago

A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Henry Makram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat brain. 'It is not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years,' he told the conference. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A long (23 min) but very interesting talk on how the brain works by exploring what happens when connections are broken. From one of my favorite websites www.ted.com picked by Stadsman 2 years ago

Scientists have found a special supplement that can prevent a common brain disorder in babies, if women take it during pregnancy. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

When Cordelia Cowsill was born, her future looked bleak indeed. She was suffering from an incurable genetic condition for which the only possible hope was to have half her brain removed. Doctors warned her parents, Amanda and Martyn Cowsill, that their daughter would never walk, talk, cry or smile like a normal child - even if she survived. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Figuring out how the brain recognizes objects is an important step in building robots that can see. What seems a simple task, recognizing that a sleeping dog and a running dog are both dogs is something that computers can't duplicate. New research is looking to change that. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Before you flip open that tub of Ben and Jerry's, be aware that ice cream really can control your brain and say "eat me." picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Smoking during a brain scan is not easy. picked by jLoSsDh 9 months ago

Futurists and science-fiction writers speculate about a time when brain activity will merge with computers. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Time is an illusion: your brain stitches it together until it seems continuous. But what happens when it goes wrong.. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer. In other news, you can simulate the brain of Carlos Mencia with a small piece of rock. picked by makri 3 years ago

Say you have a load of donated food to deliver to an orphanage. But due to circumstances beyond your control, you're forced to make a hard choice: give some of the children enough to stave off hunger for several days and let the rest go hungry, or evenly distribute a smaller amount so that each child feels full for just a few hours. See how the brain wrestles with such morally charged tradeoffs. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A British toddler with an extremely rare medical condition has flown to New York for an operation to repair her damaged brain with superglue. Ella-Grace Honeyman, aged 17 months, was born with vein of Galen malformation, which causes tiny holes in the brain’s main blood vessels and affects only a few hundred babies worldwide each year. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Apparently there is a problem with brain eating amoeba that may be getting gradually worse over the years . . . 6 deaths in 2007. picked by T420 2 years ago

An artificial brain cell that could be used to treat diseases such as Parkinson's has been created by scientists.

The 'delivery electrode' works in the same way as nerve cells in the brain by releasing neurotransmitters. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago