How many brain cells does it take to play a game of Doom?

Forget playing Doom on a calculator. Now you can play it with a clump of brain cells--no brainstem necessary.

Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In 2021, they had already used 800,000 neurons to play Pong. Now, with four ...

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

"If the neurons fire in a specific pattern, the Doom guy shoots." The post Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom ...

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

Human brain cells are now interacting with computer systems, learning to play video games like Doom. Researchers have ...

A biocomputer powered by lab-grown human brain cells has leveled up from Pong to Doom. While nowhere ready to handle the video game shooter’s most challenging levels, researchers at Cortical Labs in ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

After training neurons to play Pong, the team is back, and this time the brain cells are slaying demons with super shotguns.

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Specialized brain cells in the hypothalamus act as a disposal route for tau protein, shuttling it from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream. When those cells break down, tau accumulates in the ...