brains and behavior
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Neural Imaging Reveals Secret Conversational Cues
Studying human conversations isn’t a simple challenge. For instance, when humans start to talk to one another in a conversation,…
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A Virtual Social Life Is Possible with Brain-Machine Interfaces
A major goal of the field of neuroprosthetics has focused on improving the lives of paralyzed patients by restoring their…
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Does Dry January Really Make People Healthier?
If the bars look a bit emptier this month, it may be because more people are trading happy hour for…
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How Your Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions
Memory and perception seem like entirely distinct experiences, and neuroscientists used to be confident that the brain produced them differently,…
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Conscious Machines May Never Be Possible
In June 2022, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine became convinced that the AI program he’d been working on—LaMDA—had developed…
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Empathy in the Age of AI
If you think your dog loves you, you’re a fool. If you feel a kinship with a tree, you’re a…
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Your Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements
A mouse is running on a treadmill embedded in a virtual reality corridor. In its mind’s eye, it sees itself…
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All the Actually Important Stuff Neuralink Just Announced
The most widely tested brain implant is the Utah array—a hard silicon square with 100 tiny protruding needles. Each about…
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For Alzheimer’s Scientists, the Amyloid Debate Has No Easy Answers
Watching the Alzheimer’s research world from the outside over the past two years has felt like a car ride over…
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Collective Mental Time Travel Can Influence the Future
We’re often told to “be here now.” Yet the mind is rarely tethered in place. We take mental trips to…
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