"...our semantic distinction between irony and metaphor actually corresponds to real differences in how the brain processes those statements." Well, *that* was counter-intuitive

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"By throwing odd words into seemingly normal sentences, Shakespeare surprises the brain and catches it off guard in a manner that produces a sudden burst of activity - a sense of drama created ou

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"Your brain may be determining what car you buy before you've even taken a test drive. A new study gauging the brain's response to product branding has found that strong brands elicit strong acti

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"This study demonstrated that a dozen different regions of the brain are activated during a mystical experience. This type of research became very popular in the United States in the late 1990s.&

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New device can stimulate and map the human brain in realtime - a big step forward for neuroscience, and for singularitarians too.

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Positive news for stoners...maybe

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Yuri Kageyama has news of a recent demonstration by Honda in Japan showing a robotic hand that was able to replicate some simple hand gestures of the operator by reading his brainwaves.

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Gadolinium is an element that is used in a number of manufacturing processes and also in dyes that are used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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