Studies of gene expression in bees and humans suggest that who we become may be far more dependent on where we are and what we […]
Lab Talk
Assertiveness in Your Brain Activity
The activity of your wandering mind is a window into how assertive you are. Take a moment to close your eyes and allow your mind […]
The World as Laboratory
Using EEG to understand the relationship between the human mind and its environment. A future where machines, buildings and environments can better adapt to human […]
Introducing the Human Brain Diversity Project
With 7 billion people and an equally large diversity of human life experience, how can we understand the range of normal of brain function? Join […]
Dendrite Complexity and Intelligence
The complex web of dendrites mediating information flow in the brain may be a key driver of human intelligence. In 1887, a Spanish man went […]
EEG and FMRI Publications by Country
~70% of FMRI papers and 75% of EEG papers come from Western Europe (including UK, Brexit notwithstanding) and the United States but China has shown […]
Linking Cognitive Science with Neuroscience
How can the theories of Cognitive Science developed from observations of human behavior be reconciled with Neuroscience or the behavior of the brain? You’ve probably […]
Searching the Brain for Language
Where is language in the brain? Its not as clear as once thought. A computer engineer needs language skills. Though they speak in various codes […]
The Curious Outcomes of Neurosurgery
Between 1994 and 2001, thirty-one children underwent an innovative and terrifying brain surgery. They weren’t the only children to receive this procedure, but they were […]
A Changing Brain is a Normal Brain
A normal brain is not a particular network pattern but one that can reconfigure itself with experience. Scientists have recognized for decades that children’s brains […]