Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time
14 December 2016
Who in your family has the sharpest reflexes? To find out, all you need is a ruler and this table of numbers
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We will soon be able to read minds and share our thoughts
14 December 2016
EEG caps that monitor brain activity are allowing us to send thoughts to each other directly – a technology that could help people who are paralysed regain movement
Neuroscience vs art: Let's talk across the divide
14 December 2016
Can the messy richness of art be reduced to neuroscience? It's not clear, but the various parties can at least agree on common ground
First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains
14 December 2016
A study of red deer on a Scottish island reveals some of the first evidence in wild mammals of a clear link between brain size and evolutionary fitness
Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?
9 December 2016
It seems there’s nothing anatomical stopping monkeys from making human-like sounds we could understand – which suggests they lack the brains for it
Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety
8 December 2016
Post-traumatic stress disorder and related disorders are difficult to beat, because our fears can resurface. Could a transplant of young brain cells help?
Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish
8 December 2016
Experiments that grew mosquito fish with longer sperm-delivery organs led to females with larger brains – possibly to better avoid male harassment
