Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long ...

The brain’s superior temporal gyrus quietly learns your language patterns, helping it break continuous speech into clear, ...

A small population of nerve cells appears to be responsible for blood flow and neural activity across the entire brain, ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle's Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying ...

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what's possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by ...

Researchers have created one of the most detailed virtual mouse cortex simulations ever achieved by combining massive ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

Scientists have discovered that the brain may have a built-in way to fight Alzheimer’s.

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...