Brain augmentation – Science & research news

Brain training app improves users’ concentration, study shows

March 15, 2019

Cambridge researchers have developed and tested 'Decoder', a new game that is aimed at helping users improve their attention and concentration; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

What happens when technology opens up the brain — and its information?

November 1, 2017

Limbo, a novel by neurosurgeon and inventor Eric Leuthardt, explores what happens when neurotechnology is used for nefarious purposes. [...]

Brain augmentation brought to Russian audience

September 5, 2017

A collection of research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience is being brought to the Russian public by popular science neuroscience website - Neuronovosti. [...]

Creating human super intelligence: winner of Spotlight Award 2017

June 14, 2017

Superintelligence: fact or fiction. First Frontiers Spotlight Award Winner for outstanding research into human brain augmentation [...]

Human super intelligence: still science fiction or close to reality?

May 8, 2017

Recently, more than 600 authors contributed almost 150 research articles, published in Frontiers In Neuroscience, investigating brain augmentation.

New research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience discusses the facts, fiction and controversy surrounding brain augmentation. [...]

Can a Brain-Computer Interface Convert Your Thoughts to Text?

October 26, 2016

By Srividya Sundaresan, Science Writer Recent research shows brain-to-text device capable of decoding speech from brain signals Ever wonder what it would be like if a [...]

Augmentation of Brain Function: Facts, Fiction and Controversy

August 18, 2016

By Silvia Cardellino, Frontiers Augmentation of brain function is no longer just a theme of science fiction. Due to advances in neural sciences, it has become a matter of [...]

Are brain-training apps effective?

April 27, 2016

By Tania FitzGeorge-Balfour, Frontiers science writer In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of smartphone apps aimed at ‘brain training’. These games [...]