The afterimage motion illusion works by overloading the motion-sensitive cells in your visual cortex with a sustained focal point, then redirecting your gaze to a stationary surface — which your brain ...

While scientists already knew that exercise is good for the brain, they were uncertain about its effects on the specific electrical signals involved in memory.

New York, March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEW YORK (March 16, 2026) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) today announced it will award $1 million in Distinguished Investigator Grants ...

For years, scientists have been working to remedy that by developing devices that can decode brain signals and translate them into computer cursor movements or text. In the past, BCIs allowed people ...

Two people with paralysis were able to type strokes on a virtual keyboard using an implant that decodes attempted finger ...

Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to visual fear shortcuts.

BrainGate researchers develop an investigational brain-computer interface that allows paralyzed patients to type at 22 words per minute using attempted finger movements.

A new neuroscience study reveals that even a single short workout may rapidly enhance brain activity linked to memory and ...

Beyond the immediate effects of exposure, there is also evidence that nature may shape the brain over longer timescales.

What many people call anxiety may actually be fear. Understanding how the brain’s alarm system works can completely change ...

Now, a new study offers one of the clearest glimpses yet into a suspected mechanism: after a single 20-minute session of ...

Researchers used positron emission tomography, or PET, brain imaging on 32 people with AUD and 29 controls. They found 11% lower synaptic density in the frontal cortex, striatum, and hippocampus of ...