Artificial intelligence was built to process data, not to think like us. Yet a growing body of research is finding that the internal workings of advanced language and speech models are starting to ...
In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...
A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...
The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...
In A Nutshell Alpha brain waves cycling at 8-13 times per second determine how wide your “temporal binding window,” or the time gap your brain tolerates between seeing and feeling a touch while still ...
A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...
Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...
University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...
Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...
New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...