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September 25, 2012 (TSR) - After three years of research, a team led by an Italian medical researcher has made a promising development that could bring a new perspective to…
August 28, 2012 (TSR) - An international group of prominent scientists has signed The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in which they are proclaiming their support for the idea that animals…
August 28, 2012 (TSR) - A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during sleep, people will start sniffing when they hear the tones…
August 8, 2012 (TSR) - There is a popular belief that sexual orientation can be revealed by one’s pupil dilation when viewing attractive people, but there has been no scientific evidence.…
August 3, 2012 (TSR) - The John Templeton Foundation has awarded a three-year, $5 million grant to John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, to undertake a rigorous examination…
February 1, 2012 (TSR) - Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis, according to University of California,…
Oct. 27, 2011 (Wired/TSR) - A soldier tries to sleep. But he is not safe in his dreams. Jolted awake by a nightmare, the combat veteran fumbles in the dark…
Sept 12, 2011 (New Scientist/TSR) - YOU will tell the truth. Applying a magnetic field to the brain seems to hamper our ability to tell lies. Lying is thought to involve…
Creatures are not born hardwired to see. Instead, they depend on electrical activity in the retina to refine the complex circuits that process visual information. Two new studies from Brown…
We all know that people at opposite ends of the political spectrum often really can’t see eye to eye. Now, a new report published online on April 7th in Current Biology,…
BOSTON, Massachusettes, USA. November 23, 2010 (MIT) - Technology might not be advanced enough yet to let people read someone else’s mind, but researchers are at least inching closer to helping…
Are you bad at sums? Get muddled at the market? If so, you could benefit from a machine that improves your mathematical abilities. It’s not such a strange suggestion. Stimulating a…
Italian researcher made progress in autism study
Scientists declare that Animals have conscious awareness, like humans
Humans can learn new information during sleep, researchers confirm
‘Ah, You’re Gay!’: Pupil dilation reveals sexual orientation in new Cornell study
U.S. Foundation gives $5 million grant to research and study immortality
Scientists decode brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear
U.S. Army Looks to Counteract Nightmares With Digital Dreams
YOU are hereby ordered to spontaneous TRUTH-telling!
TRAINING THE BRAIN: Early light refines the brain’s circuitry for vision
Political views are reflected in brain structure
How to Train Your Own Brain
Electrical brain stimulation improves math skills
