Scientists characterized the largest sample of a neural circuit to date to improve artificial intelligence models and better ...

Twelve laboratories around the world have joined forces to map neuronal activity in a mouse’s brain as it makes decisions.

Alternative splicing of hundreds of genes in neurons generates isoforms essential for synaptic plasticity during a critical ...

Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury. Credit...Fabio-Consoli Supported by By Rachel E. Gross The first thing Debra McVean did ...

Think back through your day and consider all the amazing tasks your brain has helped you perform. From brushing your teeth to eating your lunch and reading the words on this page, your thoughts, ...

Would you like to your brain to keep working at top capacity, especially as you get older? Two new studies both suggest that playing a musical instrument can help. And—good news—you can start at any ...

It was February 2024 when Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get Elon Musk’s experimental brain chip, rolled across the stage in a wheelchair during a Neuralink “all hands” meeting, revealing his ...

Longer thumbs mean bigger brains, scientists have found—revealing how human hands and minds evolved together. Researchers studied 94 different primate species, including fossils and living animals, to ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

Don’t believe everything ‘wellness’ brands and books say – for a happier, healthier life, make your brain your best friend ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

Zhengang Lu and Russell Epstein, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore how people maintain their sense of direction while navigating naturalistic, virtual reality cities. The ...