Researchers reveal how modeling the human brain’s hidden wiring could push AI beyond its current limits into human-like ...

A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution ...

There are lots of situations where getting a look at the human brain can be very helpful. Unfortunately, our heads are famously opaque, so decades of research and development have gone into finding ...

Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular “traffic cops” known ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the most.

What makes the human brain distinct from that of all other animals -- including even our closest primate relatives? In an analysis of cell types in the prefrontal cortex of four primate species ...

By Sowjanya Pedada Click here for updates on this story 4/14/25 (LAPost.com) — Microplastics have always been debated, but scientists have now found them in the human brain, according to new ...

Working from a sliver of tissue no bigger than a grain of rice, researchers have built an astoundingly complex map of the human brain.

A wide-reaching look at the cells that build the brain, detailed in 21 studies, showcases the brain’s cellular diversity and clues about how it works.

What makes the human brain distinct from that of all other animals — including even our closest primate relatives? In an analysis of cell types in the prefrontal cortex of four primate species, Yale ...