Scientists have successfully connected living human brain cells to a computer system and taught them to interact with the classic video game DOOM. The strange experiment marks a new step toward ...

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

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After training neurons to play Pong, the team is back, and this time the brain cells are slaying demons with super shotguns.

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more information as learning occurs.

Human brain cells are now interacting with computer systems, learning to play video games like Doom. Researchers have ...

When you get better at a skill-recognizing a familiar face in a crowd, spotting a typo at a glance, or anticipating the next move in a game-sensory neurons in your brain become more coordinated, ...

Acetylcholine "conductors" in the striatum directly trigger serotonin release, offering new insights into the origins of OCD and chemical imbalances.

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Researchers found three master genes that alter brain development in Down syndrome, offering new clues about learning and memory differences.