Researchers have uncovered a surprising molecular chain reaction in the brain that may play a role in some forms of autism.

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

A growing body of research is converging on specific brain regions and networks that appear to generate conscious experience, from dreaming to waking awareness. Multiple independent lines of evidence ...

Scientists discover that sickle cell disease forces the brain to recruit extra "attention backup" to maintain normal cognitive function.

Researchers challenge the long-standing "neural independence" theory, showing that learning actually makes neurons more coordinated.

Neuroimaging suggests that hearing voices in borderline personality disorder is tied to reduced gray matter in specific brain ...

It's been 10 years since Go champion Lee Sedol lost to DeepMind's AlphaGo. Has the technology lived up to its potential?

When you get better at a skill-recognizing a familiar face in a crowd, spotting a typo at a glance, or anticipating the next move in a game-sensory neurons in your brain become more coordinated, ...

Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group ...

This video explores how neural networks evolved from early ideas about the brain into the foundation of modern deep learning. From Rosenblatt’s perceptron to GPUs and backpropagation, it traces the ...

The field of systems neuroscience increasingly seeks to understand how distributed neural populations interact to support complex cognitive functions such ...

Psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and MDMA may help repair the brain’s insulating myelin layer, according to new research.