A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Humans possess a remarkable balance between stability and flexibility, enabling them to quickly establish new plans and ...

Since February this year, a quiet but significant breakthrough unfolded in several of Beijing’s top neurosurgical hospitals. Working ...

This year, AI continued looming large in the software world. But more than before, people are wrestling with both its amazing ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

Third are sensory reconstruction interfaces, such as restoring hearing or vision. For patients who have lost sensory input, ...

Despite AI's rapid progress, a new study reveals the human brain's clear advantage in adaptability, mastering multiple tasks ...

Bram Servais formerly worked for Cortical Labs but holds no shared patents or stock and has severed all financial ties. As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current ...

The long-held belief that brain structure is fixed early in life has largely given way to the well-established concept of neuroplasticity—the idea that brain structure and function continue to change ...

The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...