Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world.
Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career. picked by ogri2003 3 years ago

Scientists have been able to recreate 'thoughts and memories' for a small part of the brain, and think that scaling the project to a full brain is only a question of money. picked by Ankabout 11 months ago

Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person. picked by karenben 10 months ago

A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Henry Makram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat brain. 'It is not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years,' he told the conference. picked by kakana 8 months ago

A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes. picked by karenben 1 year ago

The brain first deals with music and lyrics together. Then, after passing through the mid-STS more complex processing kicks in, such as understanding what lyrics mean, and the two are treated separately. The more they are processed, the more they are separated. picked by Bornbad 1 week ago

US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer. In other news, you can simulate the brain of Carlos Mencia with a small piece of rock. picked by makri 3 years ago

Say you have a load of donated food to deliver to an orphanage. But due to circumstances beyond your control, you're forced to make a hard choice: give some of the children enough to stave off hunger for several days and let the rest go hungry, or evenly distribute a smaller amount so that each child feels full for just a few hours. See how the brain wrestles with such morally charged tradeoffs. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A British toddler with an extremely rare medical condition has flown to New York for an operation to repair her damaged brain with superglue. Ella-Grace Honeyman, aged 17 months, was born with vein of Galen malformation, which causes tiny holes in the brain’s main blood vessels and affects only a few hundred babies worldwide each year. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Apparently there is a problem with brain eating amoeba that may be getting gradually worse over the years . . . 6 deaths in 2007. picked by T420 2 years ago

An artificial brain cell that could be used to treat diseases such as Parkinson's has been created by scientists.

The 'delivery electrode' works in the same way as nerve cells in the brain by releasing neurotransmitters. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

She needed to have half of her brain removed due to the fact that she suffered from a very rare illness known as Rasmussen’s encephalitis, which eats away at the brain of the person infected. picked by AfroMosHi 2 years ago

Neurophilosophy has posted a roundup of unusual penetrating brain injuries, with properly horrifying x-rays. Most of these cases were self-inflicted wounds, and all of the patients survived!

Warning: not for the squeamish picked by doggylives 2 years ago

One of the cutting-edge cures for chronic muscle tremors is called a thalamic stimulator - it's a brain implant that delivers current to your thalamus. But it can also cause intensely pleasurable erotic feelings, leading one woman into implant addiction. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, caused by a fluid build-up in his skull. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Japan's BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center has successfully developed a system that controls a wheelchair using brain waves in as little as 125 milliseconds. picked by kakana 9 months ago

Scientists believe a transplant of brain cells may one day be able to reverse a common form of hearing loss. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

During an experimental brain surgery to reduce a patient's appetite, surgeons triggered a déjà vu event. The patient had vivid and precise memories of something that happened 30 years ago. The possibilities of this being used to help Alzheimer's patients are being investigated. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago