This metaphor fits into the classic conceptual metaphor theory of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, which argues that concepts ...

For decades, scientists believed Alzheimer’s was driven mainly by sticky protein plaques and tangles in the brain. Now Purdue ...

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Memristors, or “memory resistors,” are the leading candidate for replacing synapses in a neuromorphic (brain-like) computer.

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Researchers were able to decode patients' internal thoughts in real-time with an accuracy of up to 70 percent.

These pioneers are aiming to do challenging and important medical work. One has already implanted 54 patients.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Coimbra have discovered that the human brain organizes hand movements much like an alphabet — combining a small set of simple motions ...

Part 1, we reported on the Enhanced Games, an athletic competition that will be staged next May in Las Vegas for a willing ...

Twelve laboratories around the world have joined forces to map neuronal activity in a mouse’s brain as it makes decisions.

The innovative organic materials proposed by Dr. Eunho Lee and his team bring us closer to brain-like computer processors In the Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series, Dr. Eunho Lee from ...

That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that’s gaining traction - and is ...