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The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.

Glasgow scientists detect light through human head heralding novel brain imaging 19 Jun 2025 Demonstrates feasibility of using optical methods to access previously inaccessible deep brain regions.

Scientists Detect Light Traversing the Entire Human Head—Opening a Window to the Brain’s Deepest Regions Researchers are challenging the limits of optical brain imaging.

For decades, scientists have used near-infrared light to study the brain in a noninvasive way. This optical technique, known as fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy), measures how light is ...

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have achieved a milestone in brain imaging by detecting near-infrared light that traveled completely through an adult human head. Using high-powered lasers ...

Activity levels in a specific region of the brain predict whether we think something is real, irrespective of whether we've seen it or imagined it.

While some elements of brain rot-related behavior could fall under the umbrella of depression or burnout, Cottingham says, there's a sense that brain rot is more temporary.