A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Before you flip open that tub of Ben and Jerry's, be aware that ice cream really can control your brain and say "eat me." picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A motorised wheelchair that moves when the operator thinks of particular words has been demonstrated by a US company. The wheelchair works by intercepting signals sent from their brain to their voice box, even when no sound is actually produced. *With YouTube vid in article* picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Optogenetics is a technique for controlling the behavior of specific groups of nerve cells in the brain. Genetically engineered viruses carry light-triggered proteins into the brain of the animal; the viruses can be tailored to attach themselves to specific groups of cells. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A young woman, confined to a wheelchair, is told to think about moving another wheelchair in front of her, first to the left and then forward.
As if by magic, the wheelchair follows her mental commands. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes. picked by karenben 9 months ago

Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world.
Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Scientists have been able to recreate 'thoughts and memories' for a small part of the brain, and think that scaling the project to a full brain is only a question of money. picked by Ankabout 7 months ago

Fifty-four-year-old James Scranton is trying to get used to his borrowed wheelchair. His own wheelchair disappeared on Saturday picked by muppet 2 years ago

Emotiv, a San Francisco-based collection of mad scientist and computer engineers, say they've developed a headset that allows you to play videogames with your mind. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person. picked by karenben 6 months ago

Henry Makram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat brain. 'It is not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years,' he told the conference. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The Matrix is here. Users of Second Life can now have their brains directly wired into a computer system that lets them control the virtual world with only their minds. picked by fogowar 2 years ago

Although surgeries that involve nary a slice or a stitch have heretofore been limited to science fiction, doctors in Switzerland announced that they've successfully performed closed-skull brain surgery on 9 patients using only sound waves. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Say you have a load of donated food to deliver to an orphanage. But due to circumstances beyond your control, you're forced to make a hard choice: give some of the children enough to stave off hunger for several days and let the rest go hungry, or evenly distribute a smaller amount so that each child feels full for just a few hours. See how the brain wrestles with such morally charged tradeoffs. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Researchers have identified a pattern of brain waves that occur before people make mistakes. This could lead to greater safety in jobs where alertness is a crucial. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

If your head is overheated, there's a good chance you'll yawn soon, according to a new study that found the primary purpose of yawning is to control brain temperature. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Fear is a powerful emotion and neuroscientists have for the first time located the neurons responsible for fear conditioning in the mammalian brain. Fear conditioning is a form of Pavlovian, or associative, learning and is considered to be a model system for understanding human phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Little test to see which side of the brain you use most. picked by marinuse 2 years ago