AI and Brain Scans Reveal Why You Struggle to Recognize Faces of People of Other Races
Sometimes, the face in front of us isn’t the one our brain is seeing
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Your Brain Data May be Up For Sale and It’s Totally Legal (For Now), Say U.S. Senators
Lawmakers warn brainwave data could expose mental health and be sold without consent.
Scientists reconstruct the brain of one of the oldest dinosaurs in unprecedented detail
Dinosaurs in the same lineage were some of the largest creatures to walk the Earth -- but this tiny predator ...
Brain scans show that actors lose their ‘sense of self’ when taking on a role
Sometimes, the character can take over the brain.
Helmet-like wearable scanner can record brain activity in moving subjects
This isn't a war helmet -- it's a revolutionary brain scanner!
Baby brain scans and machine learning algorithm can predict autism
Even diagnosing autism is difficult, let alone predict it -- from a single scan!
Vegetative state man responds to Hitchcock clip
Screen from Hitchcock's "Bang! You're Dead." Neuroscientists at University of Western Ontario in London, Canada found that a man who was ...
Artists have unique brain structure
Photo: NeuroImage A common brain myth is that creative people, like artists, use their right part of the brain more, ...
Genetic variant explains why women are more prone to Alzheimer’s
Photo: e-manonline.com Like a sticking nail, Alzheimer's has been irritating neuroscientists for decades. After so many years and billions worth ...
Cyber synesthesia: computer turns image into sound, allowing the blind to ‘see’
photo: vimeo.com After growing up to adulthood blinded from birth, a man now has taken a peculiar hobby: photography. Were ...
Your brain detects grammar errors even when you’re not aware of them
A rather debatable theory in psychology says the brain detects grammar errors even when we don't consciously pay attention to them, ...
Highly controversial brain scan predicts whether criminals are likely to reoffend
As the writers on Nature depict it, it evokes the dystopian worlds of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick - ...
How the brain tackles tongue-twisting words and why it’s important
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie? Sorry about that folks - that was a ...
Going inside the unconscious brain
A new study published by MIT revealed, for the first time, what happens inside the brain when you go unconscious. ...
Brain scans of rappers offer valuable insight on creativity
Freestyle rapping is perhaps the most prized skill in hip hop - it is the ability to make rhymes on ...
Brain imaging reveals the movies inside our mind
Mixing in a typical fMRI brain scanner with advanced computer modeling simulations, scientists at the University of California have managed to ...
Multitasking becomes more difficult as we age, brain scans show
It's somewhat evidently observable that the elderly have more trouble focusing or multitasking than young people, but a recent study ...
Keeping a diary – the key to happiness?
Keeping a diary is not just something girls do when they break up with their boyfriends or don't get along ...
