Brain Box

A major challenge in neuroscience is how to study brain processes that are securely encased within the skull. Over the last twenty years, t...

Modern cognitive neuroscience critically depends on helium. The most advanced methods for non-invasive brain imaging, function magnetic re...

We are all pretty familiar with the basic formula of stage hypnosis . Supposedly normal people are hypnotised to do silly and embarrassing...

[also see my related Guardian  post ] A few months ago, Channel 4 attracted considerable attention for their sensationally titled – “Drug...

Undergraduates are taught proper scientific method. First, the experimenter makes a prediction, then s/he collects data to test that p...

Accurate brain stimulation requires precise neuroanatomical information. To activate a specific brain region with transcranial magnetic stim...

There has been some very interesting and extremely important discussion recently addressing a fundamental problem in science: can we belie...