Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

A new study reveals that alpha brain waves help the brain decide what belongs to your body. Faster rhythms allow the brain to match sight and touch more precisely, strengthening the feeling that a ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha ...

Brain scans suggest probiotic yogurt may subtly influence brain chemistry and connectivity, alongside changes in the gut microbiome.

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to ...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Another leap in the field of artificial intelligence happened after a team of scientists showed 800,000 brain cells playing a tennis-like computer game, Pong, while living in a ...

Children can live and even thrive after hemispherectomies due to brain plasticity, and split brain experiments reveal unique cognition.

Procrastination has a name: the VS–VP circuit — and this team of researchers has ideas for how to switch it off ...

An MIT study analyzing brain activity and recall while using ChatGPT shows a lack of overall brain connectivity while performing an essay writing task, as well as a deficiency in memory recall when ...

In his book, The Talent Code (2009), Daniel Coyle describes how Carol Dweck, in her ongoing effort to find ways to enhance student academic performance and to also hopefully advance higher levels of ...