Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...

Researchers outline a roadmap for applying transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technique for stimulating the brain ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...

Scientists have found that the human brain understands spoken language in a surprisingly similar way to advanced AI systems.

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 ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

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

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

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Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time ...

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...