In a significant departure from earlier models, neural engineers and neuroscientists have developed a new model for the brain activity underlying arm movements. Motor neurons do not represent external ...

A laugh can feel spontaneous, messy, almost impossible to pin down. But deep inside that burst of sound, researchers found a ...

There are many kinds of laughter. People may guffaw at a joke. They may giggle nervously in an uncomfortable situation. They may chuckle with ​mild amusement. They may snicker to express contempt — ...

Biological rhythms aren't just for sleep. In the tiny worm C. elegans, researchers in the Grosshans lab and the Computational Biology Platform of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical ...

Unlike their visual cousins, the neurons that control movement are not a predictable bunch. Scientists working to decode how such neurons convey information to muscles have been stymied when trying to ...

Until now, it had been unclear how our laughter may have changed over millions of years of evolution, and how it might relate ...

The definition of music rhythm, at its core, is simple: it’s the timing and arrangement of sounds. It works alongside tempo, how fast or slow the beat moves, to give music its feel and character. No ...

Whether the treatment of rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest improves outcomes is uncertain. We conducted an open-label trial of ...