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Scientists Hacked an Old Brain-Zapping Treatment for Parkinson’s
Deep brain stimulation can be more efficient, and safer, by using the computer-generated pattern, the study showed.
Neuroscientists Hack Sense of Touch
By tweaking neural calcium levels, it's possible to crank up and down touch sensations.
A Scientific Explanation for Why Everyone Hates New Year’s Eve
There’s some truth to the adage that happiness equals reality minus expectations.
How Pregnancy Changes Women’s Brains to Prepare Them for Motherhood
Research confirms that “pregnancy brain” is real—it’s just not what we thought it was.
Neurochemistry Explains the High of Getting It Right
Researchers link the brain's dopamine reward center to musical performance, at least in birds.
Most People With Depression Go Without Treatment
A survey of 50,000 people in 21 countries paints a grim picture.
Neuroscientists Develop AI-Based Method for Hacking Fear
As it turns out, your fear of spiders looks a whole lot like my fear of spiders.
Nose to Tail and Head to Balls: Eating Every Part of the Animal at a Brazilian Meat Feast
“When an animal kills another one to feed himself, he doesn’t have preferences," says Ariel Argomaniz, one of several chefs who recently gathered to cook an over-the-top nose-to-tail feast in São Paulo.
This 'Pickled' Dinosaur Brain Was Miraculously Preserved for 133 Million Years
“We are simply amazed that we have any structures present given how delicate these things are.”
Lying Appears to Make It Easier to Tell More Lies
Thanks to a new neuroscience study, the world suddenly makes a lot more sense.
Cracking the Cranial Vault: What It Feels Like to Perform Brain Surgery
It felt medieval when I put her in pins. It was my first time peeling down scalp and opening the skull of living human, a thrill unlike any other. Ten years and thousands of surgeries later, the experience is still branded into my own head.