Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers have mapped how different parts of the brain work together. Specifically, they ...

The human brain is often described as the most complex organ in the body. It controls everything from breathing and movement to thoughts and emotions. Despite years of research, the brain continues to ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. The brain is unimaginably complex. Google and Harvard recently announced ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

When probes are inserted into the brain for research or clinical purposes, the electrical activity of neurons is recorded. These signals can be used to understand how the brain performs certain ...

In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.

Brain Health Perspective by scientists in the USA, Germany, and Canada converges measurement, mechanism and intervention as the field moves from alarm to action We are looking at the brain, an organ ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. That’s a key idea ...

Psychedelics work on the brain by increasing the functional connection between the thinking and sensory regions, temporarily blurring the line between perception and thought, an international ...

Displayed on a wall in my study is a diagram taken from a children’s encyclopedia dating from the 1930s. It’s labeled “The Central Control Station of Your Body,” and consists of a cutaway view of the ...