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Reading brain activity with advanced technologies is not a new concept. However, most techniques have focused on identifying single words associated with an object or action a person is seeing or ...

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It's one of nature's greatest ironies: the human brain lacks the ability to grasp its own complexity. Indeed, the brain is complicated. The three-pound organ housed in our heads consists of roughly 86 ...

As a neuroscientist, I am not afraid of AI. Source: Randa Marzouk/Unsplash In fact, I would love to see it improve faster. One major obstacle to a significant leap is that AI is developed by engineers ...

In my view, we are in the midst of one of human history’s five substantial rewrites of the human operating system.

Brains are physical structures—clusters of interconnected cells, vessels, and chemicals. Within this substrate emerges something profound: the mind. Cognitive neuroscience has made significant ...

Psychology says daydreaming isn't laziness. Science links mind-wandering to creativity, memory and problem-solving — and a ...

Healthy brain ageing is not about avoiding every memory lapse it is about building daily habits that help keep the mind ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Is it possible to upload the consciousness of ...