Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Your brain is wrinkled like a walnut, and those wrinkles aren't just for show. Each fold increases the amount of surface area ...

On Monday, Jan. 12, findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) revealed that ...