Images from a new brain imaging technique, DIANA

New MRI Technique Tracks Brain Activity at Millisecond Timescales

The method, dubbed “DIANA,” could transform neuroscientists’ understanding of how the brain works, researchers say—though for now, it’s only been tested in anesthetized mice.

New MRI Technique Tracks Brain Activity at Millisecond Timescales

The method, dubbed “DIANA,” could transform neuroscientists’ understanding of how the brain works, researchers say—though for now, it’s only been tested in anesthetized mice.

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Is Your Brain Wired for Numbers?

Catherine Offord | Oct 1, 2021 | 10+ min read

Our perception of quantity, separate from counting or estimation of magnitude more generally, is foundational to human cognition, according to some neuroscientists.

The Brain Interprets Spoken and Written Language the Same Way

Catherine Offord | Nov 1, 2019 | 2 min read

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

Bat Navigation Revealed

Bob Grant | Dec 4, 2014 | 5 min read

As the flying mammals navigate complex environments, they make use of specialized brain cells that cooperate to build a coordinate system that works in three dimensions.