These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford ...

The brain is more mechanically connected to the body than previously appreciated, scientists reported today (April 27) in Nature Neuroscience. Through a study using mice and simulations, the team ...

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Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a huge surge within just a few years. Apps like Microsoft Copilot promise to help you brainstorm and plan; ChatGPT offers help with homework and professional work ...

Whether speaking or swinging a bat, precise and adaptable timing of movement is essential for everyday behavior. Although we do not have sensory organs like eyes or a nose to sense time, we can keep ...

A new study suggests that four psychoactive compounds work in surprisingly similar ways, and that they break down the ...

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.