Researchers found that the brain’s frontoparietal cortex doesn't simply work harder when decisions get difficult. Instead, it ...

The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of its power comes from how ...

Brain organoids have been grown and studied for five years, the longest time to date, and their activity suggests they had a ...

Researchers theorize that further investigation into the stem cell niche—the microenvironment containing nearby cells, blood ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

The brain has a remarkably flexible system for handling uncertainty and changing situations. Researchers found that the ...

The team identified different brain networks involved in processing scenes with people, inanimate objects, action, and dialogue. They also revealed how different executive networks are prioritized ...

For decades, neuroscientists have thought about communication between the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia in a fairly ...

The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of its power comes from how it's organized.

The brain organoids had characteristics of either the front or back of the developing cerebral neocortex rather than random regions.

Watching an appealing stream of bite-sized clips shifts the brain into an immersive, low-effort state in which ...