Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. Despite the continued progress that the state of the art in ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain-computer interfaces. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

(A) Illustrations of a subject wearing a virtual reality headset and the brain–machine interface. (B) The microneedle electrodes that penetrate the scalp to collect the brain’s electrical signals.

Experts from around the country gathered at UAB to discuss breakthroughs in linking thought with actions through technology. On the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, God reaches out to touch Adam. The ...

Scientists have grown a tiny brain-like organoid out of human stem cells, hooked it up to a computer, and demonstrated its potential as a kind of organic machine learning chip, showing it can quickly ...

How our brain, a three-pound mass of tissue encased within a bony skull, creates perceptions from sensations is a long-standing mystery. Abundant evidence and decades of sustained research suggest ...

One of the great mysteries of humankind is the perception of emotion. We understand the parts of the brain where emotions come from and the chemical reactions that produce them, but feelings remain a ...

The last time I saw my friend James was at the townie bar near our old high school. He had been working in roofing for a few years, no longer a rail-thin teenager with lank hippie hair. I had just ...

The world’s most powerful MRI machine has started proving its worth, by scanning living human brains. The resulting images give an ultra high resolution glimpse into the brain, which will help us ...