Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown cluster of brain cells that may help explain differences in social behavior ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

Recently, there has been convergence of thought by researchers in the fields of memory, perception, and neurology that the ...

What makes this neural cluster unusual is its binary activity pattern: it is consistently active in females but largely ...

Consciousness is one of the most enigmatic phenomena in neuroscience, but a new scientific perspective offers a different ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch the thalamus and cortex interact in real time. They found that the thalamus ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part of the back-and-forth that allows us to understand each other's emotions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine A recent study from Cell inches us closer to understanding ...

Roberto F. Galán, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Ken Loparo, the Nord Professor of Engineering, will present “Making Sense Out of Noise in ...