Researchers at MIT found that roughly a quarter to a third of all synapses in the adult mouse cortex are functionally silent, ...
One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...
New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a ...
Researchers have discovered that the dorsal premotor cortex serves a 'meta-learning' function, overseeing and regulating physical movements. Once believed to be limited to movement planning, this ...
Here’s one of the more unsettling schemes to recently emerge from Silicon Valley: human clones grown without a conscious ...
Perhaps our most defining characteristic as a species, the six-layered human cortex, hosts billions of neural connections that bestow Homo sapiens with higher-order thinking. But how does this ...
A small study of university students in Spain found that better cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better cognitive ...
A paralyzed patient nearly matched the words per minute the average person can type on their phone, with 95% accuracy. See ...
Brain atrophy tends to begin in your 30s and 40s, but certain lifestyle changes can slow or even reverse shrinkage.