Self-help books: Selling common sense under the guise of science
Works that use neuroscience to dole out life advice are usually bestsellers, but they often lack scientific rigor
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Works that use neuroscience to dole out life advice are usually bestsellers, but they often lack scientific rigor
According to new research from York University, important visual cues we use to communicate in person become misleading over video, causing confusion and exhaustion.
Just as teams of elite athletes train alongside staffs of coaches, ensembles of neurons in the brain’s motor cortex depend on nearby astrocytes to help them learn to encode when and how to move, and the optimal timing and trajectory of a motion, a new MIT study shows.
MIT-developed soft-rigid robotic fingers incorporate powerful sensors along their entire length, enabling them to produce a robotic hand that could accurately identify objects after only one grasp.
In Sally Adee's new book, 'We Are Electric,' she explores the role electricity plays in our bodies and brains and the ways scientists are working to manipulate that bioelectricity for our health and mental wellbeing.