Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measures brain activity optically based on changes in cortical blood flow. Unlike magnetic resonance imaging, the technique is wearable, so it can be used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sections of a brain organoid with different cell types in different colors. Lab-grown "mini brains," called brain organoids, kind ...

Octopuses are clever enough to unscrew jars from the inside and throw sand at their annoying neighbors. But only a fraction of their smarts come from their doughnut-shaped brains. Over two-thirds of ...

Spring AI 2.0 brings the Java AI framework to a new baseline built for Spring Boot 4.x and Spring Framework 7. The release improves agentic app development with unified tool calling, progressive tool ...

Healthy brains may be built through a process of controlled damage and rapid repair. The most dangerous type of DNA damage is a regular feature of healthy early brain development, experiments in mice ...

That sort of spontaneous laughter might originate from a more primitive part of the human brain, researchers reported June 23 in the journal Trends in Neurosciences. What’s more, the brain region ...

In a new podcast episode, an expert digs into how lifestyle choices affect brain health. Ben Katz joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to share insights about how cardiovascular exercise, ...

Scientists have uncovered a striking brain difference linked to psychopathy: people with psychopathic traits were found to have a striatum — a brain region tied to reward, motivation, and ...

We appear to have more in common with our Neanderthal cousins than outward appearances would suggest. New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests ...

Some of the changes that occur when spring arrives are plain to see, as trees and flowers bloom, but some of the changes are harder to detect. Spring is good for your brain, according to Benjamin Katz ...