Scientists put visions of letters in blind people's brains
Read now →Stimulating the brain in specific ways can generate mental images of simple shapes
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Monkeys can predict human behavior
Read now →The ability to perceive and understand how others might react to a situation is not unique to humans
Emotion recognition isn't just about facial expressions and body language
Read now →UC Berkeley researchers show that humans can guess how someone is feeling from context cues alone
Brain banks are key to understanding COVID's mysterious symptoms, but only if people are willing to donate
Read now →Some COVID-19 patients experience dizziness, loss of smell and even seizures, but we need brain donations from patients and healthy controls to understand why.
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Scientists discover brain cells that remember where escape routes are
Read now →These neurons track safe places so mice can escape threats in a split-second
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New research uses CRISPR gene editing to grow new neurons in diseased brains
Read now →Scientists hope the CRISPR-based therapy could treat neurodegenerative disease
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Your brain isn't the same in virtual reality as it is in the real world
Read now →VR is widely used to study the brain, but it isn't the same as real life — and this has real-world consequences
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Connecting brains to machines may let bacteria come along for the ride
Read now →Brain-machine interfaces like Elon Musk's Neuralink have come a long way, but biological limitations remain
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You live in a mostly 2D world, but the map in your brain charts the places you've been in 3D
Read now →Place cells in the brain light up in familiar places, both on the ground and climbing in the air
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Feel like quitting? Blame your brain cells
Read now →Understanding the biological mechanisms of “giving up” in fish may teach us about complex human behaviors
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