A new study provides evidence that the human brain constructs our seamless experience of the world by first breaking it down ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sents between neurons -- specialized cells ...

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A ...

For decades, scientists have worked to understand how the brain turns thoughts into words and words into meaning. Language is ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception 1. The brain is ...

Researchers found that different storytelling strategies, focused on either conceptual or perceptual details, can influence ...

But are we close to reading other people's minds? Blindfolded people stand back to back in this undated file photo. Getty Images — -- An international team of scientists has succeeded in ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – If you’ve ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study reveals the reason: Our brains physically link memories ...

As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly ... signal,” and their findings suggest it is ...