Researchers are no longer just simulating brains in silicon, they are wiring living human neurons into machines and asking ...

The human mind is turning out to be far stranger and more intricate than the tidy diagrams in old biology textbooks ever ...

Neural circuits produce electrical patterns very early in the brain's development process, even before senses are active.

A transparent chip no larger than a stick of gum is helping scientists at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ...

In a controlled study, researchers used DMT and watched adults' brain activity change as their usual "sense of self" slipped ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute have created a better brain. It’s a human brain, but it’s very small and it’s used for research. KPBS Sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge tells us about organoids, and how ...

A lightning-fast imaging method is exposing the hidden mechanics of brain-cell communication and offering new clues to Parkinson’s origins.

This article was originally featured on Undark. When the Philadelphia-based company Bioquark announced a plan in 2016 to regenerate neurons in brain-dead people, their proposal elicited skepticism and ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have used a "zap-and-freeze" technology to watch hard-to-see brain cell ...

This year is the centennial of the discovery of human brain waves. Few people know the story of that startling finding, because the true story was suppressed and lost to history. Almost two decades ...

What if the brain prepares your actions before you ever “decide”—and what does that really mean for free will?