Biologists have long suspected that aging is not just a slow, inevitable fraying of our cells but a process governed by ...

Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.

A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

The work that we’re doing brings AI closer to human thinking,” said Mick Bonner, who teaches cognitive science at Hopkins.

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

A new GOLIAT study led by researchers from INERIS reports no measurable biological effects of short-term exposure to 5G ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models.

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain were active throughout the day with single-cell resolution.

What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a ...

We conclude that brain states are shaped by local circuit mechanisms, large-scale connectivity and neuromodulation. A unified multiscale theory of cortical dynamics is relevant not only for ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains ...

Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.