As we grow older, it’s natural for our brains to slow down a little. One major reason is the gradual weakening of the cholinergic system, a network of brain cells that supports attention, memory, and ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the storing of memories--akin to how railroad switches control a train's destination. The findings ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the storing of memories--akin to how railroad switches control a train’s destination. The findings ...

The technology works like a translator, not a mind reader – It converts brain scan patterns into coherent sentences by ...

When thinking, the human brain performs a true masterpiece of information processing: around 100 billion neurons communicate ...

Your brain makes decisions before you even realize it. Neuroscience shows the brain can reverse choices internally before you ...

Researchers studying how large AI models such as ChatGPT learn and remember information have discovered that their memory and ...

After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

This post is in response to Consciousness and Integrated Information Theory By Paul L. Nunez PhD Does consciousness arise exclusively from complex interactions in brain tissue (materialism)? Or does ...

In the early 20th century scientists began to record brain activity using electrodes attached to the scalp. To their surprise, they saw that brain activity is characterized by slow and rapid ascending ...

This article was taken from the March 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...