The human brain is constantly flooded with sights, sounds and sensations, yet only a fraction of those experiences become ...

Norman Doidge, citing a study by Merzenich and colleagues, found that the brain allocates neurological resources to its most ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have created a self-organizing, artificially intelligent system that uses the same tricks as the human brain to solve specific tasks. This ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

A biologist with the US government’s research and development arm is working on a radical new approach to anti-aging treatments: replacing parts of the human brain with cloned tissues. Created in 2022 ...

Researchers identified some 3,300 types of brain cells, an order of magnitude more than was previously known, and have only a dim notion of what most of them do. By Carl Zimmer An international team ...

New research shows the human brain doesn't fully reach its “adult” state until around age 32. This youth-friendly explainer ...

A new look at the human brain is beginning to reveal the inner lives of its cellular residents. The human brain holds a dizzying collection of diverse cells, and no two brains are the same, cellularly ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk recently announced that a second human has received a Neuralink cybernetic implant. Musk, the founder of the brain-computer company, Neuralink Corp., spoke about ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...