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A study led by Jonathan Michaels, a Faculty of Health professor at York's School of Kinesiology and Health Science, reveals ...

Using simulations, robots, and live fish, scientists at EPFL and Duke University have replicated the neural circuitry that ...

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This valuable study uses EEG and computational modeling to investigate hemispheric oscillatory asymmetries in unilateral spatial neglect. The work benefits from rare patient data and a careful ...

Darwin arts veteran Tania Lieman has spent 35 years proving everyone can be an artist, now her innovative methods have earned ...

Cyborg cockroaches guided by ultraviolet light and motion feedback navigate obstacles autonomously, showing how noninvasive ...

From looping hallways to echoing stairwells, eerie architecture taps into ancient survival instincts—and exposes how our ...

Prior research has produced mixed results on the question of animals and their susceptibility to optical illusions, per the ...

When people focus on mental images, their brains use a distinct route from visual attention, showing separate systems for ...

A gentle flicker of light and a steady hum of sound might help slow the course of Alzheimer’s disease. That’s the idea behind ...