brain activity

NationalMariette le Roux | 2018-05-25 00:00:00

The human brain is disproportionately large. And although abundant grey matter confers certain intellectual advantages, sustaining a big brain is...

Brain implant restores paralyzed man's finger movements for first time

Bhekisisa NewsXinhua News | 2016-04-14 10:11:00

U.S. researchers announced Wednesday the invention of a brain implant that allowed a man with paralyzed arms and legs to restore his finger, hand...

It lives (almost): A fake brain is born

ScienceSarah Wild | 2014-08-15 00:00:00

It looks like a failed attempt at a very small rainbow birthday cake, with six concentric circles of colour. But it's actually one of the greatest...

New frontiers: Brain expansion and deep waters

ScienceSarah Wild | 2014-06-20 00:00:00

Still waters run (very) deep

Brain has specific radar for snakes, find scientists

Sci-techAFP | 2013-10-28 19:28:00

The report in the journal Science offers new evidence to support the notion that primates evolved vision skills that enable them see...

Left-right brain myth busted

Bhekisisa NewsSarah Wild | 2013-08-23 08:10:00

Is your desk organised? Do you turn your head to the right when someone asks you a question? Do you read instructions for assembling something?...

Unravelling myriad secrets of the brain

Sci-techSarah Wild | 2013-06-21 00:00:00

It is the most sophisticated computer on Earth – faster and more complex than any super computer – but scientists still do not fully...

[From our archives] 'Smart drugs' rife at universities

Bhekisisa NewsAmy Green | 2013-03-22 00:00:00

'My brother's mates at varsity used to ask me for pills, and whenever I would say no [he] would steal a few tablets anyway," Melissa* says. "One of...

Mind-reading breakthrough as brain scanners boast success

NewsIan Sample | 2012-02-01 08:12:00

Scientists have picked up fragments of people's thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear.

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