Artificial intelligence was built to process data, not to think like us. Yet a growing body of research is finding that the ...

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

In A Nutshell Alpha brain waves cycling at 8-13 times per second determine how wide your “temporal binding window,” or the ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...

Earlier this year, John Hopkins University scientists revealed that they had created something astonishing: a miniature whole human brain. Specifically, it was a type of organoid, a small mass of ...

What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...

Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...