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This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything

When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions and how they interact with each other......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredMar 4th, 2024

You Don’t Need Words to Think

Brain studies show that language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Boston Dynamics gave its Atlas robot an AI brain

Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute are combining their expertise in robotics and AI to build a better bipedal bot......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Bacteria discovered in healthy vertebrate brains point to a potential role in brain function

Researchers at the University of New Mexico have identified the presence of bacteria in the healthy brains of fish. Understanding this connection between bacteria and animal brains could have future implications for the study of Alzheimer's disease......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

3 sci-fi movies on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in October

A superhero, anime, and a woman achieving total brain power are among the three sci-fi movies on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in October 2024......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Rare bear meat at gathering gives 10 people a scare—and parasitic worms

These roundworms have the potential to invade your brain. If you're going to eat a bear, make sure it's not rare. You'd be forgiven for thinking that once the beast has been subd.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Magnetoelectric nanodiscs offer remote brain stimulation without implants or genetic modification

Novel magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive way of stimulating parts of the brain, paving the way for stimulation therapies without implants or genetic modification, MIT researchers report......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Reconstruction of fruit fly"s anterior visual pathway may lead to insights into animal navigation

UC Santa Barbara neuroscientists have reconstructed the entire anterior visual pathway of a fruit fly, a complex series of connections between the insect's eyes and the navigation center of its brain......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Scientists unlock secret of "Girl With Pearl Earring"

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With The Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings—and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus

Neurable’s MW75 Neuro is an everyday brain-computer interface that aims to boost your productivity. It also raises questions about data privacy......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person

A Spanish biotech company sees the carbon material as a way to power the brain-computer interfaces of the future......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure, and fear......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

How higher-order interactions can remodel the landscape of complex systems

Networks, which include nodes and connections, can help researchers model dynamic systems like the spread of disease or how the brain processes information......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Scientists decode brain mechanisms of stopping in Drosophila

Ever wish you could stop that fruit fly on your kitchen counter in its tracks? Scientists at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have created flies that halt under red light. In doing so, they discovered the precise neural mechanisms involv.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

First map of every neuron in an adult brain has been produced for a fruit fly

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter"s brain 9 years ago. Here"s how he"s lived so long.

Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter"s brain 9 years ago. Here"s how he"s lived so long......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Molecular computing method uses metal ions to mimic complex mathematical functions

Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a new method that allows them to precisely control chemical reactions using metal ions. This marks an important step toward computers that function like the human brain. They recently published t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain—new study

Small plastic particles are everywhere: in the soil where our food is grown, in the water we drink and in the air we breathe. They got there from the plastic we throw away, which ends up in landfill sites, rivers and seas. There the plastic waste slo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 28th, 2024

My Pea-Sized Brain Can"t Process These 15 Mind-Blowing Photos Of What Popular Products Used To Look Like

My Pea-Sized Brain Can"t Process These 15 Mind-Blowing Photos Of What Popular Products Used To Look Like.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 21st, 2024

Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments

Research on the visual patterns that foreshadow migraines may reveal clues on how painful headaches arise from the brain even though it has no pain receptors......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsSep 19th, 2024

Study suggests political ideology is associated with differences in brain structure, but less so than previously thought

Conservative voters have slightly larger amygdalas than progressive voters—by about the size of a sesame seed. In a replication study published September 19 in the journal iScience, researchers revisited the idea that progressive and conservative v.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 19th, 2024