Neuroscience

  1. Neuroscience

    When evaluating textbook dogmas about the brain, keep an open mind

    When evaluating textbook dogmas about the brain, keep an open mind.

    By Tom Siegfried
  2. Neuroscience

    fMRI’s birthday lesson: Don’t ignore weird things you don’t understand

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Neuroscience

    Hurt Blocker

    The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Tech

    Paralyzed woman grips, sips coffee with robot arm

    For the first time, a brain-computer interface is powerful enough to enable useful movement in human patients.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Science & Society

    The Science Life: Scientific method acting

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Neuroscience

    That’s Disgusting

    Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion by Rachel Herz.

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  7. Neuroscience

    When video games mess with brains, something good happens, sometimes

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  8. Neuroscience

    Demystifying the Mind

    A special report on the scientific struggle to explain the conscious self.

    By Science News
  9. Neuroscience

    Self as Symbol

    The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves.

    By Tom Siegfried
  10. Neuroscience

    Emblems of Awareness

    Brain signatures lead scientists to the seat of consciousness.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Health & Medicine

    Going Under

    While every anesthetic drug has its own effect, scientists know little about how the various versions work on the brain to transport patients from normal waking awareness to dreamless nothingness.

    By Susan Gaidos
  12. Neuroscience

    The Tell-Tale Brain

    A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran.

    By Eva Emerson