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Think of the possibilities! Think of all of the wonderful feats we could accomplish, only if rats could read each other’s minds! Think of all of the lost crumbs of cheese we could recover with all of the world’s rats working in tandem! Researchers at Duke University have developed a brain-to-brain interface which allows rats to communicate using only their ...

Scientists might finally have come up with a bit more information about why psychopaths have such extreme behavioral abnormalities.

A team of psychologists at St. Lawrence University have discovered that chewing gum actually has measurable cognitive benefits. Chewing gum during certain activities has proven (in this study) to be very effective at boosting a person's mental performance.

A few days ago, we shared a story with you about several hackers who claimed to have modified Siri to be controlled with brainwaves. However, according to some experts, they might have just been pulling an elaborate hoax.

Scientists are considering the implications of using new brain research for defense applications in future military conflicts. Basically, this means that future wars could be fought using sophisticated methods of mind-control.

At today's press event, Apple unveiled "Siri", an artificial intelligence personal assistant who will be included with the new iPhone 4S.

The evidence surrounding this slightly disturbing theory supports the fact that Google acts as an "extension of knowledge". The result is that we store less information, which destroys our ability for memorization.

According to researchers, humans may have learned how to cook food as early as 2 million years ago.

At the end of this month, a 'library' in British Columbia will open its doors. Except this library allows you to "check out" people just like a library book.

Do you get upset when someone spoils a major plot point in a book or movie? Well, according to California psychologists, spoilers might actually be a good thing.