A series of genetic variants can influence handedness, according to a new paper.

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Recent scientific progress has allowed us to begin decoding the significance of many different patterns of activity…

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For many years, neuroscientists believed they had identified a specific pattern of brain activity acting as a kind…

Six adults (and one kid), one fMRI machine, five minutes to love someone (or something) as hard as possible. In The…

There's still no technology in the world that lets you listen in on someone's thoughts. But fMRI advances are making…

So much of neuroscience is now based entirely on fMRI studies. But as Randall Munroe's latest webcomic points out,…

The human brain has been described as a massively parallel computing machine. But just how powerful is it? A recent…

Alfred Hitchcock, our master of suspense, was incredibly good at manipulating his audience—a fact that has now come…

Fantasizing about an old flame? Lusting over a celebrity instead of your current squeeze? Watch out: scientists can r…

For the first time, scientists have shown that they can predict when people will make risky decisions based on brain…

In today's comments we speculated on which of our favorite on-screen characters were just one step away from a pink…

Whether it be in movies or real life, we don’t tend to feel sorry for the villains. But strangely, and even a bit…

Answer as fast as you can: how many cats are in the image up top? Did you answer without counting them individually?…

Neuroscientists have identified a brain scan that enables them to predict whether convicted felons are likely to…

For the first time, scientists have been able to use data from brain scans to identify who patients are thinking…

If you've ever wondered which part of your brain thinks about a particular object, activity or concept, worry no…

Feast your eyes on a Maple Brain — a cerebellar sculpture (adapted from and inspired by actual fMRI scans) hewn from…

Back in 2010, neuroscientists confirmed that it was possible to communicate with some patients locked in a…