brain activity

A woman with severe paralysis has regained the ability to communicate using an avatar, thanks to technology translating her brain signals into speech and facial expressions. This development offers potential benefits for those who have lost their ability to speak...

Researchers have made an intriguing discovery about patients who are in a coma and close to death. They have found unusual patterns in their brain waves, which indicate that these patients may have a brief period of consciousness just...

Alcohol and the human brain don't have a healthy relationship. People who drink heavily undergo alterations in brain structure and size, both of which are associated with cognitive impairments, a new study released on Friday suggests. Even modest alcohol consumption, which...

Scientists on Tuesday announced they had found an unexpected response to singing in the brain, suggesting particular groups of neurons appear to respond selectively to these particular sound. In a Current Biology journal article, a team of scientists in the...

In the first ever recording of a dying brain, scientists say we may actually relive our most important life events just before death, a University of Louisville research paper suggests. Published on Tuesday, the paper recounts how scientists accidentally captured...

A revolutionary new system that uses electrical spinal stimulation to nerves, simulating the impulses that they normally get from the brain, has restored function in three patients who had been completely unable to move their legs or torso. Although electrical...

Eureka moments -- the concepts that come to us seemingly out of the blue, after we have wrestled with problems for a great deal of time, as happened with the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes -- are created below the...

A team of Greek students developed a gadget that will roast your Easter lamb just by using your brain while a computer software translates brain activity into data! Last year this very same team had invented what we thought was the...