When Sid Kouider showed up at Slush, the annual startup showcase in Helsinki, wearing an ascot cap and a device he claimed would usher in a new era of technological mind control, no one thought he was ...

Anthony is a writer who's worked in the games industry for four years. He's a competitive gamer with a soft spot for retro titles. Anthony enjoys speedrunning a few titles, but Simpson's Hit & Run is ...

The power of social influence is great — and sometimes dangerous. Would you know if someone or something else was controlling your mind? (Illustration: Erik Mace for Yahoo Health) You know how the ...

Of all the advanced technologies currently under development, one of the most fascinating and frightening is brain-computer interfaces. They’re fascinating because we still have so much to learn about ...

When I taught “Introduction to Psychology,” we covered four main goals of psychology: to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). The idea of control is ultimately self ...

A team of South Korean researchers have developed a new tool that uses only light to control brain circuits, emotion, and behaviors. As reported by The Debrief, a press release for the study explains ...

This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming’s most pioneering technologies, players, and makers. With only your mind: you can imagine, you can dream improbable ...