Brain mapping, psychedelic therapy, and thought-controlled computers are reshaping medicine and human potential this year.

Audrey Crews becomes the first woman to receive a Neuralink brain chip implant, using thoughts to write her name on a computer screen for the first time in 20 years.

Neuralink has been quietly increasing the number of patients with its N1 brain implant. According to the Barrow Neurological Institute, seven people have now received one.

A fifth paralyzed patient has been implanted with a Neuralink chip backed by Elon Musk. Military veteran RJ, also known as “P5,” suffered a spinal cord injury after a motorcycle accident that ...