MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their vision is shaped by their environment and behavior can clarify the same in people.

Artificial intelligence systems designed to physically emulate natural brains can simulate human brain activity before being trained, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University. “The work ...

MIT researchers tested the “Spatial Computing” theory and found that brain waves organize neurons into flexible, ...

This creates a powerful loop: a negative thought enters the brain, and, due to its distressing contents, the brain signals ...

How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers at Reichman University's Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Dina ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

Teens talk about their “brain rot” online. While there isn’t data to back it up, per se, experts do have concerns about the effect on kids and adults.

By directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...