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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a huge surge within just a few years. Apps like Microsoft Copilot promise to help you brainstorm and plan; ChatGPT offers help with homework and professional work ...

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Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time ...

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...