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Technology

AI recreates clip of Pink Floyd song from recordings of brain activity

An artificial intelligence can guess what a song sounds like based on patterns of brain activity recorded while people were listening to it

Rats laugh at a pitch too high for humans to hear

Life

Rats have a ‘laugh centre’ in their brains that responds to tickling

Microscope image of Krause corpuscles

Health

Neurons that respond to vibration discovered in the clitoris and penis

Octopus laqueus having a sleep

Life

Octopuses have a REM-like sleep state where they appear to dream

Mind

Brain activity ‘barcodes’ may be linked to specific memories in birds

Health

Man with paralysis can walk by activating spine implants with his mind

BFA2A1 Fancy Rat, Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus domesticus, Rattus norvegicus domestica), six weeks old animal held in one hand

Technology

Rats can move objects in virtual reality using only their thoughts

Mind

Psychedelics may increase entropy in the brain’s vision centre

Big data. Information concept. 3D render

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The Battle for Your Brain review: A guide to neuro nightmares ahead

Health

Two brain pathways identified that govern the urge to itch

Two distinct groups of neurons underlie different types of itching sensations in mice, and both work together to fuel chronic itchiness

Health

The brain may flush out its waste products after a mental workout

Life

Memories may be sorted by the thalamus before being stored long term

Health

We may finally know why people tend to regain weight after losing it

Technology

Human brain cells used as living AIs to solve mathematical equations