You might expect that with age comes a natural progression of brain degeneration, but new research shows that this might not ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...

A tiny blob of gelatinous tissue sitting in a dish represents a giant leap forward in human brain research. Known as an ...

There’s just one rather technical catch: prior to the study, surgeons first needed to cut a small window into the patient’s ...

Bryan Johnson, the tech entrepreneur and longevity guru, said powerful psychedelics helped him understand the limits of human ...

Zhengang Lu and Russell Epstein, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore how people maintain their sense ...

The size and structure of our brains go a long way to explaining what makes us human. But what caused our brains to become what they are? Some UC San Diego researchers have pin-pointed a part of our ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified specific neural connections that are especially sensitive to learning about causality. The discovery, while seemingly intuitive, could have ...

The humanlike generality of LLaMA led Dr. Binz and his colleagues to wonder if they could train it to behave like a human mind — not just in one way but in many ways.

Scientists found the human retina adjusts fiber thickness to speed long nerve routes, keeping visual signals perfectly timed ...

Two parallel synaptic systems operate in the brain, enabling learning without erasing memories - simultaneous plasticity and ...