Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...
The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...
The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a ...
Scientists have confirmed that spaceflight forces the brain to shift and stretch, a discovery that could change how we ...
The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result ...
Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.
Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...
Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...
Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...