For years, the idea of building a working replica of the human brain has lived comfortably in the realm of science fiction. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain Neurons model Getting a better understanding of how the brain works is tricky, as living brains aren't easily prodded and ...

The race to understand the brain has just crossed a new threshold, with a supercomputer-driven model that behaves less like a schematic and more like living tissue. Instead of treating neurons as ...

Biophysically detailed simulation of the whole mouse cortex neuron by neuron, with sub-cellular resolution—that is, capturing ion flows and fluctuations of membrane voltage within many compartments ...

Zhengang Lu and Russell Epstein, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore how people maintain their sense of direction while navigating naturalistic, virtual reality cities. As ...

The study evaluates A-tDCS combined with VR exergame training for cognitive dysfunction in MS patients, aiming to assess both short-term and sustained effects. Eighty MS patients with confirmed ...

This is as good as the real thing, according to Alex Wissner-Gross, a computer scientist and Eon’s cofounder: “What you are seeing is not an animation,” Wissner-Gross wrote in a Medium post following ...