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 ...

"If the neurons fire in a specific pattern, the Doom guy shoots." The post Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Scientists have developed a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease by turning ordinary brain cells into powerful plaque-clearing machines. Instead of requiring frequent antibody ...

The human brain may continue producing new neurons in adulthood, a finding that could help explain healthy aging.

Not only do our brains appear to generate new neurons into adulthood, but those of superagers contain far more brain cells in development than those of healthy peers, new research has found. According ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.