Researchers noted that they did not directly record brain activity during the experiment, so they can’t draw a direct cause-and-effect link between the stimulation and altruism. Future studies should ...

How did a surgery designed to treat epilepsy end up challenging the very idea of free will? This video explores the split-brain experiments, their astonishing results, and what they mean for our ...

While participants made these choices, the research team applied transcranial alternating current stimulation to the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. This non-invasive stimulation was designed ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...