Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

Researchers outline a roadmap for applying transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technique for stimulating the brain ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

CNN — Many of the ideas and metaphors in popular culture about how the human brain works don't stand up to scrutiny. That's a prevailing theme in Lisa Feldman Barrett's new book "Seven and a Half ...

A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

In 1943, a pair of neuroscientists were trying to describe how the human nervous system works when they accidentally laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. In their mathematical framework ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. That’s a key idea ...

How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Brain scientists have long debated when, and how strongly, sex starts to shape the human brain. A growing body of imaging work now points to a clear answer: measurable differences in brain size and ...