Neuroscientists are converging on a detailed picture of how the human brain carves continuous speech into words, drawing on ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has a unique “connectivity fingerprint” tied to its role in cognition, from ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex involved ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

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For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

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