Rather than having distinct departments for blindness, paralysis and sensory disorders, scientists are developing a unified ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies developed independently for 50 years to restore sight and touch are functionally identical, establishing a unified framework that accelerates ...

Researchers have found that the brain’s ability to hear and evaluate its own speech may matter more for learning new vocal ...

Using social media applications to digest bite-sized educational content actually reduces a person’s ability to remember the ...

Single neurons in mouse sensorimotor cortex are organized by their activity features into distinct subpopulations with area-spanning footprints whose boundaries align closely with anatomical and ...

IBS brain imaging study links predictable multisensory rewards from the Waxppu Ball to reduced pain and greater emotional ...

Patients with untreatable conditions such as sight loss or loss of motor function could be closer to a viable technology for restoring their lost sense within a faster time frame. This is due to the ...

In the early 20th century, pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield made a groundbreaking discovery. While in the operating room, Penfield stimulated ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between technologies designed to restore sight and touch, opening the door to a more unified approach for people with severe vision loss or paralysis.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing deep ...

Much like camera settings—filters, flashes and focus—affect what we notice in a final photo, the way scientists measure ...

Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account ...