AI was the key that unlocked these brain “neighborhoods.” They could also light the way to curing disorders like Alzheimer’s.

A study from the Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University Medical ...

As people drift into sleep, their brains do not shut down all at once. Instead, different brain regions change their activity ...

Slow, sleep-like brainwaves persist in part of the brain that has been surgically disconnected from the rest of the organ, even though the person is awake. The findings 1, published in PLoS Biology, ...

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that sea urchins, a fascinating sea creature, have a surprisingly complex nervous ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped the genetic architecture of the brain’s communication bridge—the corpus callosum—using AI and MRI data from over 50,000 people.

Empathy is the ability to perceive another person’s perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their ...

Trains move through the world's subway stations in a consistent pattern: arriving, stopping, and moving to the next stop—and repeated by other trains throughout the day. A new study by a team of New ...

There must be something about the human brain that’s different from the brains of other animals — something that enables humans to plan, imagine the future, solve crossword puzzles, tell sarcastic ...

The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in our body. Running between the base of the brain down to the lower torso, it carries ...