The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are observed in no other animal species. For centuries, scientists have been trying ...

A representative MRI tractography image of the first era of the human brain. This image is representative of the general pattern seen across the brains in the study during the first era of neural ...

Humans are strange—and science knows it. For all our advances in medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, there are still parts of our behavior and biology that leave experts scratching their heads.

Why do we sometimes keep eating even when we're full and other times turn down food completely? Why do we crave salty things ...

As AI and brain technology advance, scientists warn understanding of consciousness and awareness is lagging behind, raising ...