The brain's 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
27 September 2017
We’ve glimpsed mind-bending geometric structures that fleetingly encode our thoughts, memories and feelings – and could solve the greatest mystery of all
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Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state
25 September 2017
A man in a vegetative state for 15 years has been able to open his eyes, move his head, and even try to smile, after electrical stimulation of his vagus nerve
Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state
25 September 2017
Angela Sirigu and her team stimulated the brain of a man who fell into a vegetative state after a car crash 2001. Now he can move his eyes and listen to music
AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge
14 September 2017
A machine-learning algorithm that examines MRI scans can identify alterations in how different regions of the brain are connected that indicate future disease
Baby brain scans can predict who is likely to develop autism
7 June 2017
A machine-learning program can tell from scans which high-risk infants will later show autism symptoms. This could, controversially, enable early intervention
Your Brain Is a Time Machine: Why we need to talk about time
31 May 2017
From space-time to the way minds keep time, getting to grips with the temporal is complex but rewarding, shows a new book
Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months
24 May 2017
Illiterate adults who have learned to read and write over half a year show brain changes – even in regions not obviously linked to reading, writing or learning
