Close your eyes and picture a coffee cup. Suddenly, the dark fills with shape, color, and texture. It’s a picture as vivid as ...

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Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has a unique “connectivity fingerprint” tied to its role in cognition, from ...

From putting your phone away to getting better at ‘chunking’, a neuroscience researcher explains how to make your memory ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

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When the stomach is full, how does the brain know to stop eating? Scientists long assumed the answer lies mainly with neurons ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of ...