The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

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 ...

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

While often sought after, the very act of wielding power can subtly, yet profoundly, alter our brains, diminishing our capacity for empathy and understanding. Far from being a mere personality trait, ...

This discovery not only offers new avenues for AI development, but may also offer insights into the inner workings of our own brains.

Researchers have made headway into understanding how the brain decides which side of a visual border is a foreground object and which is background. The research has sheds light on how areas of ...

This optical illusion, which depicts both a monkey and a tiger, can help determine which side of the brain — left or right — is stronger.

The classical view of how the human brain controls voluntary movement might not tell the whole story. That map of the primary motor cortex — the motor homunculus — shows how this brain region ...

The two sides of your brain may look alike, but there’s a big difference in how they process information. Here’s what left brain versus right brain means for you.

A meticulously constructed atlas of the human brain reveals the molecular roots of mental illness—and of everyday behavior ...

The study, published March 6 in Nature Medicine, shows that the brain’s immune cells, called microglia, play a more powerful ...