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A Dutch Teen Woke Up from Knee Surgery Speaking Only English and Insisting He Was in Utah

A Dutch Teen Woke Up from Knee Surgery Speaking Only English and Insisting He Was in Utah

Medical Daily · Sep 11

Her Seizures Were Set Off by Sermon Podcasts Read by Men, and Hospital Monitors Caught Four of Them

A Dallas woman's epileptic seizures were triggered by sermon podcasts narrated by men, a trigger her neurologists say had never been reported.

Medical Daily · Sep 11

Your brain may be doing its most important work when you think you’re doing nothing

You finish a lecture, a meeting, a conversation with someone you care about. And what do you do? You reach for your phone. You stick in your earbuds. You fire up a podcast, a playlist or whatever algorithmic feed is currently consuming your life.

The Conversation · Sep 11

Nashville woman claims she ordered sushi from a ‘reputable restaurant.’ Then came the sensory problems and brain fog.

Answers came months later.

We Got This Covered · Sep 10

Billy Joel Reveals Brain Shunt Surgery After NPH Diagnosis: 'I'm Still Here'

Billy Joel says brain shunt surgery for normal pressure hydrocephalus has improved his memory and balance, but doctors have advised him to limit live performances during recovery.

International Business Times UK · Sep 10

Former Trump aide says his constant posting of AI slop shows his ‘brain rot’

Ex-White House official Sarah Matthews says President Donald Trump ‘floods the zone’ with so many memes ‘we’ve become numb to just how bizarre it is,’ mocking him for promoting delusional ‘fan fiction’

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Developers Use Google-Mapped Fruit Fly Brain in Minecraft and Beat Saber, Then Start Building It 'Fruit Fly Heaven'

Developers are using a fruit fly's neural connectome to simulate its brain activity in games like Minecraft and Beat Saber, showcasing the potential of neuroscience data in virtual experiments.

International Business Times UK · Sep 10

Conor Benn's Return to 147 Pounds Before Saturday's Las Vegas Title Fight Renews Questions About Weight Cutting

Conor Benn faces the scale on Friday before his Las Vegas title fight. What sports medicine says about rapid dehydration and brain injury risk.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

Learning without a brain – how bacteria store memories and remember the past like artificial neural networks

Learning is often thought to require a brain. But learning is a broad concept that does not necessarily depend on neurons.

The Conversation · Sep 10

Psychology says you may want something more the moment someone else wants it, here’s why

Psychology suggests that this surprisingly common reaction may be influenced by social comparison, envy, perceived value, scarcity and psychological reactance. However, it does not necessarily mean that you are jealous or competitive. Sometimes, seeing another person show interest in something simply changes the way your brain perceives and evaluates its…

The Economic Times · Sep 10