Creativity is more than just a spark. New brain scan studies reveal the complicated interplay between multiple brain systems.

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Artificial intelligence was built to process data, not to think like us. Yet a growing body of research is finding that the internal workings of advanced language and speech models are starting to ...

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

A new study has identified the brain connectivity patterns that lead to cognitive difficulties in patients with schizophrenia, suggesting potential targets for therapeutic intervention in early ...

The data were collected from people about to have surgery. They show that as anaesthesia takes hold, the interplay between ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder ...

New research suggests intelligence arises not from a single brain region, but from how networks across the brain work together as an integrated system. Neuroscientists often describe the brain as a ...

A salt-grain-sized neural implant can record and transmit brain activity wirelessly for extended periods. Researchers at Cornell University, working with collaborators, have created an extremely small ...

Clips of thin, whistling tones are going viral on social media, startling listeners who suddenly “hear” hidden words. The ...

Why do we care about places we may never visit? Why do stories about wildlife, people and cultures stay with us long after we ...