Therefore, there must be zero of them.’” In recent years, research started to uncover how the human brain represents numbers, but no one examined how it handles zero. Now two independent studies, led ...

The intricate interplay between brain structure and functional connectivity that underlies human intelligence has remained an ...

“Overall these two studies are nicely complementary and go a long way to provide a better understanding of how zero is represented in the human brain,” Fleming says.

Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed a novel training protocol for brain-computer interfaces in a study with rhesus monkeys. The method enables precise control of prosthetic hands using ...

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?

For many years, studies of ASD have revolved around modeling the disorder in mice or studying isolated human brain cells. Neither is a perfect mimic for the complexity of an interconnected human ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed an AI powered model that -- in 10 seconds -- can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in ...

A human brain on a chip sounds like something from a science fiction film, a gadget powering its cyborg villain. But chemical and biological engineer Dr. Raquel Rodrigues at the International ...

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life. Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutch man ...