as the brain’s inherent speed limit persists. Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies’ sensory systems gather data about our ...

A study found that the human brain can discern the basic structures of written language in the time it takes to blink. That suggests the brain can process written phrases about as quickly as it ...

Where to find the human brain activity data? One of the great challenges in neuroscience is having brain activity data from living humans for obvious reasons. Thus, when there are patients who ...

If age is a state of mind, this is when the mind begins to decline. A new study has revealed that brain aging peaks at three distinct ages: 57, 70 and 78. The research, published in Nature this ...

One figure widely quoted by pest control companies: There are 1,000 pounds of termites for every human on Earth. If you like big numbers, the 2018 report is delicious reading. Recently ...

A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said. By Carl Zimmer In our digital age ...

Department of Physiology, Biophysics, and Neuroscience, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), Mexico City 07360, Mexico Department of Chemistry, Center for Research and Advanced ...

For the first time, scientists have quantified how quickly the human brain is able to process any information and the results might not be as flattering as we might have previously believed.

The study reveals that microplastics can reach the olfactory bulb in the human brain, indicating the olfactory pathway as a potential entry route. After examining the olfactory bulbs of 15 ...