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Spinal Cord Injury Reframed as a Systems-Level Brain-Body-Environment Loop Disorder
New research redefines spinal cord injury as a systems-level disruption of the brain-body-environment loop, emphasizing closed-loop rehabilitation.
How 'Jumping Genes' Shaped Human Brain Evolution
New research reveals that 'jumping genes' provided over 20,000 regulatory binding sites, driving the evolution of the complex mammalian brain.
Labeling Emotions May Help Reduce Anxiety in People with High Autistic Traits
New research suggests that putting feelings into words can help reduce anxiety for those with higher autistic traits, even when uncertainty triggers distress.
How the Brain Dampens Losses to Support Mental Toughness
Psychologically resilient people place less value on minor losses, driven by heightened prefrontal brain activity that regulates negative emotions, offering a potential target for training mental toughness.
NeuralBench: A Unified Benchmark for Brain Activity AI Models
A new framework, NeuralBench, standardizes the evaluation of AI models on brain recordings, revealing that foundation models only slightly beat specialized ones and many tasks remain unsolved.
EEG Phase Dynamics Reveal Brain States via Permutation Entropy
Permutation entropy of EEG phase dynamics distinguishes conscious vs. unconscious states and eyes-open vs. eyes-closed, but not ADHD vs. control.
How Saccade-Like Predictions Build Flexible Brain Maps
New AI research shows that predicting what comes next can build flexible object-location maps, offering fresh insights into how our brains navigate and remember.
Thousand Brains Theory 2.0: How Long-Range Brain Connections Enable Compositional Learning
New research extends the Thousand Brains Theory to explain long-range cortical connections, proposing the thalamus converts perspectives and enabling compositional learning.
Non-Invasive Brain Decoding Reads Sentences from MEG Data
A new model named Brain2Qwerty v2 can decode typed sentences from non-invasive MEG recordings, achieving a word error rate of 39%. This opens possibilities for safe brain-computer interfaces.
Creatine's Brain Benefits: Energy for Cognition
Creatine, a popular gym supplement, may enhance memory and processing speed by boosting brain ATP levels, especially in older adults.
Why Confidence Feels Like Detection: New Study Reveals the Hidden Rationality
A new study shows that our confidence judgments often weight evidence that supports our choice — but this isn't a flaw, it's rational when considering many alternatives.
Visual Cortex Feedback Shapes Thalamus Responses in Speech Reading
Inhibiting visual-motion area V5/MT reduces LGN response modulation during visual speech, revealing causal corticothalamic feedback.