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

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...

New research suggests intelligence arises not from a single brain region, but from how networks across the brain work together as an integrated system. Neuroscientists often describe the brain as a ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

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 ...

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

By comparing brain scans and AI predictions, a UChicago psychology student is researching how we process unexpected events ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Intrinsic neural attractors and extrinsic environmental inputs jointly steer the dynamic trajectories of brain activity ...

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

Think your cerebellum only coordinates fluid movements? New 2026 research reveals how your "little brain" also creates the ...