For years, scientists have been trying to harness the powers of the human brain, but the concept of mind-reading has remained firmly in the realms of science fiction fantasy. But now a research team ...

On a recent Sunday morning, I found myself in a pair of ill-fitting scrubs, lying flat on my back in the claustrophobic confines of an fMRI machine at a research facility in Austin, Texas. “The things ...

The fMRI machine scans allowed scientists to map out how meanings and phrases prompted responses in different regions of the brain AFP Scientists said Monday they have found a way to use brain scans ...

In a groundbreaking new study in Nature Neuroscience, scientists have demonstrated the ability to interpret human thoughts by parsing data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans with ...

Could machines read our minds? With tech giants like Facebook and Elon Musk’s Neuralink investing in neural interfaces, is it only a matter of time before thoughts are ‘readable’? Show more For ...