Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides
19 July 2023
A new way to understand where consciousness comes from and novel insights into subjective thought show that the hard problem of consciousness is worth persevering with
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Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’
19 July 2023
We finally have a grasp on the many different ways of thinking and how your inner mindscape affects your experience of reality
How your brain stays focused on conversations in a noisy room
6 June 2023
The brain processes voices differently depending on the volume of the speaker and if the listener is focused on them
Elon Musk's brain implant firm Neuralink gets approval for human trial
26 May 2023
The brain implant company Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk among others, previously tested implants in pigs and monkeys. Now it has approval for human trials
Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view
21 March 2023
Many of the most serious problems we face are the result of our tendency to focus on the present at the expense of the future. But we can escape this temporal myopia by confronting how we think about time
Spinal cord stimulation helps people with stroke regain arm movement
20 February 2023
Two people with upper body paralysis caused by stroke partially regained arm movements after receiving electrical stimulation of neurons in their spinal cord
People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled wheelchair
18 November 2022
Three people with paralysis of all four limbs navigated a cluttered room via a mind-controlled wheelchair with a reasonably high level of accuracy
Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence
12 October 2022
There are plenty of apps that offer mental exercises claiming to make users smarter the more they play. Not only are they not much fun, but studies show they have no effect on performance, says Adrian Hon
Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions
15 June 2022
Felt time can speed up and slow down, depending on circumstances, because our perception of duration is intrinsically linked to the mental states induced by our physiological responses to the world
How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories
15 June 2022
Recent studies suggest there is not one part of the brain dedicated to measuring duration, as there is for senses like taste and smell. Instead, the passage of time is tracked by a network of “time cells”
