Some neuroscientists argue that the roots of experience lie deep inside the brain. If they’re right, the consciousness club ...
In a new study published recently in the journal Nature, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Health have created the first growth charts for white matter in the brain over a human ...
Research in mice reveals a new way that brain plasticity is controlled — providing a long-awaited insight into how critical ...
Scientists have discovered that the brain’s sensory systems play a much larger role in speech learning than previously believed.
There was a time when silence came naturally. Long train rides meant staring out of the window. Waiting in a queue meant ...
As a neuroscientist, I am not afraid of AI. Source: Randa Marzouk/Unsplash In fact, I would love to see it improve faster. One major obstacle to a significant leap is that AI is developed by engineers ...
Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
In his wildest dreams, HHMI Investigator Massimo Scanziani never imagined he'd study sleep. But, when a postdoc in the lab ...
Even tiny muscles around the ears hint at our evolutionary past. In many mammals, tiny ear muscles allow the outer ear (pinna ...