Consciousness

Surges of Activity in the Dying Human Brain Could Hint at Fleeting Conscious Experiences

An increase in activity in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don’t know for sure

Stephanie Pappas and LiveScience

Artificial Intelligence

A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts

New technology gleans the gist of stories a person hears while laying in a brain scanner

Allison Parshall

Psychology

People Differ Widely in Their Understanding of Even a Simple Concept Such as the Word ‘Penguin’

We think about what a penguin is like in dozens of different ways—one reason why we often talk past each other

Simon Makin

Psychology

Did Time Tick Slower for a Woman Who Spent 500 Days Alone in a Cave?

Here’s why a woman who spent 500 days in extreme isolation lost her sense of time

Ruth Ogden and The Conversation US

Neuroscience

How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement

A pillar of every neuroscience textbook, the classic “homunculus” has just gone through a radical revision

Nico U.F. Dosenbach | Opinion