Six Brilliant Brain Science And Psychology Books From The Year

A selection of science-based books from the year that together shine new light on who we are and why we think and act as we do.
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists found a new way to decode the brain’s hidden language

The idea of “reading minds” has shifted from science fiction to a concrete engineering challenge, and the latest ...
Wired

There’s Neuralink—and There’s the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue circles appear on a laptop screen a few feet away. One turns red: the target. Jackson is in control of a white ...

Why reading helps cure an overactive nervous system, according to a neuroscientist

Learn how opening a book and turning the page could be the answer to resetting your vagus nerve and your parasympathetic ...
Psychology Today

Breakthrough Brain-Computer Interface Is Minimally Invasive

A new, high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) can be rapidly implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. The ...

Scientists Built a Working Brain—And Now the ‘Possibilities Are Endless,’ a Scientist Says

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...

Too much screen time too soon? Study links infant screen exposure to brain changes and teen anxiety

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...
The Conversation

Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening

Stephanie N. Del Tufo, Ph.D. research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NIDCD, NIE, NINDS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Spencer Foundation, the University ...
Scientific American

New Brain Device Is First to Read Out Inner Speech

After a brain stem stroke left him almost entirely paralyzed in the 1990s, French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote a book about his experiences—letter by letter, blinking his left eye in response ...