Neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports learning and the encoding of ...

A next-generation silicon brain probe called Neuropixels Ultra more than doubles the number of individual neurons scientists ...

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that ...

Mirror neurons, in Heyes' view, aren't evolved specifically “for” understanding, imitation, or any other purpose – rather, they're simply ordinary motor-cortex neurons that happen to take on special ...

Recent technological advances facilitate the reconstruction of complete brain connectomes in small organisms and partial ...

A look inside the brains of extraordinarily sharp elderly people reveals clues about their unusual abilities. Deep in these exceptional brains were signs of what some scientists believe to be newborn ...

April 24 -- WEDNESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic inflammation triggers cell fusions that may protect neurons, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study. In research with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I analyze the recently announced ...

The findings, published in Nature on July 19, shed light on potential neural mechanisms involved in working memory and decision making. "Our study is a step toward thinking of the brain not in terms ...

Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries ...