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Quadriplegic man is able to control and move arm with his brain

Inspiration often seems to pop up unpredictably--in the shower, on a long walk or even at the grocery store. But one place I never expect it is during sleep. I tend to think of myself as a computer: at bedtime I power myself down with teeth brushing and pillow fluffing, and soon enough my brain switches off.

It’s football season, which means marching bands, cheerleaders, doing the wave, and crowds going wild when their favorite team scores — and also more than a few bone-crunching collisions between players, a substantial fraction of which will result in injury. One of the most common foot-ball related injuries

Two books and one TV series explore the oddities of the human mind. Extraordinarily complex as the human brain may be, it is far from perfect.

In a first-ever experiment, primates move and feel objects on a computer screen using only their thoughts When real brains operate in the real world, it's a two-way street.

Feelings of hate may be different for those with depression, a new study suggests.

Ever stay up so late you feel like parts of your brain are falling asleep? They might be.

The Mind: Leading Scientists Explore the Brain, Memory, Consciousness, and Personality Edited by John Brockman.

The idea of drugs tunneling their way through the brain, worms to the mind’s apple, is a frequent metaphor I hear. I wrote on the topic for Discovery’s Curiosity and resurfaced it to prepare material for drug education talks with high schoolers.

Where are the images and ideas from dreams located in the brain, and is there any way to capture them? --Derek Meier, Chicago [More]

British researchers say the muscular exertion involved in laughing triggers an increase of endorphins in the brain, making it enjoyable. Jeff Glor reports

Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn by Cathy N. Davidson

Being smart is the most expensive thing we do. Not in terms of money, but in a currency that is vital to all living things: energy

Does a blind person reading Braille process words in the brain differently than a person who reads by sight?

You probably look in a mirror every day without thinking about it. But mirrors can reveal a great deal about the brain, with implications for psychology, clinical neurology and even philosophy. They can help us explore the way the brain puts together information from different sensory channels such as vision and somatic sensations (touch, muscle and joint sense)