A nascent but growing consumer market for brain-computer interface technology is driving the development of sleek new tools for decoding brain activity.

Changes in blood levels of oxytocin and adrenocorticotropic hormone and patterns of neural activity predict how much money people will donate to a cause with high accuracy.

Researchers tease out the effects of the two cravings by having participants gamble for the chance to satisfy them.

The technology, tested out on patients with epilepsy who already had electrodes implanted in their brains, is currently limited to 30–50 sentences.

Imaging reveals how cyclical patterns of brain activity differ between conscious and unresponsive individuals.

Researchers could anticipate which way an eight-day-old zebrafish will flick its tail based on brain activity 10 seconds earlier.

The surprising finding comes courtesy of two study participants with implanted electrode arrays that record activity at single-neuron resolution.

Neural activity associated with the meaning of words is independent of whether those words are read or listened to, a study finds.

During deep sleep, rhythmic pulses of cerebrospinal fluid are coupled with slow waves of electrical activity and fluctuating blood levels in the human brain.

Contaminants in the atmosphere appear to have harmful effects on neurodevelopment and cognitive function.

A growing body of evidence supports the theory that neural hyperactivity and hyperconnectivity precede the pathological changes that lead to neurodegeneration.

The auditory cortices of humans and rhesus monkeys respond very differently to harmonic tones.

The proof-of-concept study could be a step toward better assisted communication devices for paralyzed people.

Researchers develop a system to deliver synthetic blood to isolated brains hours after death.

Researchers have recorded tens of thousands of brain cells in mice as the animals transitioned from feeling thirsty to quenched.

A study of people’s brainwaves hints at their unconscious ability to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field.

Researchers have implanted electronics masquerading as neurons in the brains of mice.

The drugs lead to widespread, predictable changes in brain waves that can help anesthesiologists personalize anesthesia and develop anesthetic-based treatments.

Drugs that doctors use to sedate patients during traumatic medical procedures act on neural receptors to alter brain activity.