Researchers report that they have successfully tested a novel approach for teaching the human brain to learn through external manipulation and neural feedback -- what they call the 'sculpting' of ...

Recent fossil and skull studies reveal a surprising trend: Despite a fourfold increase in brain size starting around 2 million years ago, which coincided with major advancements in tool use, social ...

This simulated video shows the wobbling object in the center that study participants inside an fMRI machine saw on the mirrors above their heads. Their task was to generate a state of mind that would ...