He shaved only half his face for 2 days. Neurologist shares why his patient's brain ignored the other sideA neurologist shared a striking case of a 65-year-old man who shaved only half his face, dressed one-sided, and responded only to right-sid...
27 Apr, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
Japanese Proverb of the Day on Success, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” True success is not the absence of failure, but the resilience to keep rising every time you fall—The ancient formula world needs right nowThere is a Japanese proverb of the day on success that is only seven words long. Seven words that have outlasted empires, shaped samurai ph...
11 Apr, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Speak with your mind: Brain implant translates thoughts into audible speechA revolutionary brain-computer interface (BCI) created in the U.S. can translate silent thoughts into audible speech, reaching up to 74% ac...
26 Aug, 2025, 12.44 AM IST
Paralysed Audrey Crews couldn’t move for 20 years. Now Elon Musk’s Neuralink lets her draw hearts and pizzaAudrey Crews, paralysed from the neck down for two decades, has become the first person to publicly demonstrate Neuralink's brain implant b...
31 Jul, 2025, 11.45 AM IST
Mind-music fusion: Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall' reconstructed from brain activity of listenersThe brain activity of people listening to Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” has been used to reconstruct the classic rock number, ac...
16 Aug, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
Working memory is reliant on cross-brain interactions, says studyIn a new study, published today in Nature, neuroscientists at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL investigated the reciprocal interactions...
28 Jul, 2022, 09.28 PM IST
When your mind lets you control a robotic arm, restore the sense of touchAdding a sense of touch drastically improves the functionality of prosthetics for quadriplegics.
21 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Elon Musk's Neuralink shows monkey with brain-chip playing videogame by thinkingThe 3-minute video by Neuralink shows Pager, a male macaque with chips embedded on each side of its brain, playing 'Mind Pong'. He controls...
10 Apr, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Tune differences between bird species linked to genes: StudyThe researchers, including those from Hokkaido University in Japan, said species-specific songs by birds were dependent on differences in t...
14 Nov, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
- Decoded: Which brain region helps you change voice pitch
New York, June 29 (IANS) Did you know which part of your brain helped you sing or change your voice pitch? Scientists have now identified t...
29 Jun, 2018, 04.12 PM IST
Brain abnormalities can predict epilepsy riskThe structural differences in brain have not yet been implicated in any loss of function.
22 Jan, 2018, 07.53 PM IST
- Thought-controlled musical instrument may help stroke patients
Washington, July 13 (IANS) Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument they hope will help empower and re...
13 Jul, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
- What makes you a lefty or a righty?
London, Feb 19 (IANS) It is not the brain that determines whether a person is a lefty or a righty, but the spinal cord, a study has claimed.
20 Feb, 2017, 04.32 PM IST
- Now, control a robot with only your thought
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Imagine grasping a mug of coffee sitting on a chair and a robotic hand brings it in front of you, thereby reducing ...
15 Dec, 2016, 04.42 PM IST
New non-invasive method could improve Parkinson's treatmentWhile current treatments focus on controlling symptoms, biomarkers provide a way to measure how medications address not just the symptoms.
16 Aug, 2016, 02.26 PM IST
Short memory delay leads to errors in lifeBrain initially reflects the goal accurately but errors accumulate during a memory delay and further escalate during the final action, say ...
21 Apr, 2016, 12.53 PM IST
Why scratching an itch is so rewarding!It was found that areas of the brain involved in motor control and reward processing were more activated in chronic itch patients while the...
16 Jun, 2015, 06.40 PM IST