In people with severe brain damage, even experts often do not know what is really going on in the brain. New research indicates that many patients do still think and understand some things. Be ...

For decades, scientists have tried to peer deep inside the human brain using beams of harmless near-infrared light. The technique, called functional near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, has ...

Harvard scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: ‘It’s an alien world inside your own head’ The researchers, with Google and other partners, spent a decade deciphering 1 ...