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Most detailed human brain map ever contains 3,300 cell types
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The most detailed atlas of the human brain ever devised includes many cell types we've never seen before.
The brain has a 'tell' for when it's recalling a false memory, study suggests
By Emily Cooke published
Specific patterns of electrical activity in the hippocampus may indicate whether someone is about to misremember an event.
Neurons aren't the only cells that make memories in the brain, rodent study reveals
By Emily Cooke published
Blood-vessel-making cells called pericytes collaborate with neurons to form long-term memories in the mouse brain.
Electrifying time-lapse video shows neurons shooting across the inside of a chick embryo
By Hannah Osborne published
An striking video of developing neurons won the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition.
How accurate are our first childhood memories?
By Joe Phelan published
Can we trust our earliest memories, or are they unreliable?
Listen to Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall,' as decoded from human brain waves
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Researchers reconstructed recognizable snippets of the classic Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall" using listeners' recorded brain activity.
Do we really use only 10% of our brains?
By Elana Spivack published
How much of the brain does each person use throughout their day?
Strange, two-faced brain cells confirmed to exist, and they may play a role in schizophrenia
By Rebecca Sohn published
Researchers have confirmed the existence of an odd type of brain cell that other neuroscientists once thought might be only a technical quirk or error.
Google's 'mind-reading' AI can tell what music you listened to based on your brain signals
By Carissa Wong published
Artificial intelligence can produce music that sounds similar to tunes people were listening to as they had their brains scanned, a collaborative study from Google and Osaka University shows.
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