The researchers then compared these brain scans with each male monkey's position within their dominance hierarchy. They saw several brain areas correlated to higher levels of dominance as well.

A group of scientists created a novel brain implant that improves cognitive performance and decision-making in a monkey. The device, developed in part by researchers at USC, manipulates ongoing ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers have hooked a monkey's brain up with an industrial robot arm, giving the animal's mere thoughts direct control of it.

A monkey has successfully fed itself with fluid, well-controlled movements of a human-like robotic arm by using only signals from its brain, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of ...

Experiment compares the way monkey and human brains respond to abstract information. Skip to main content. Scientific American. July 24, 2015. 3 min read. What Makes a Human Brain Unique.

The next time you find yourself trapped under a pile of rubble, your savior might be a Roomba — souped-up with whiskers and a monkey brain.Such a robot was recently shown to outperform other ...

Dr. White’s monkey brains sometimes stay alive for as long as 18 hours. When they finally die, it is usually because of waste products accumulating in the blood.