Neuroscientists are increasingly finding that when you encounter a familiar reward, your body begins to gear up for action ...

Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

This creates a vicious cycle. Less dopamine means new experiences feel less rewarding, so you seek them less. Seeking them ...

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Gamers might soon be able to scan their brains using specialized commercial headphones to get midmatch snapshots of mental ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...

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Newborns track faces from birth. But what happens when screens replace human eyes? The answer may shape how the next ...

Board games have long been a staple family-time activity or a fun way to bond with friends on a cosy night in – when they’re ...

McGill University researchers found training your brain in a specific, targeted, computerized way can produce important ...