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

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

Paleoneurobiologist Emiliano Bruner explores the superpower of projecting images and words that has allowed us to make a ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

The anatomy of memory: New mnemonic networks discovered in the brain Date: August 14, 2023 Source: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Summary: Using a novel approach of ...

From reasoning to controlling movement, the human brain performs a myriad of vital functions in the body, and its weight reflects its importance.

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not engaged in physical activities, such as relaxing, resting or ...

Little-known cells might be key to human brain’s massive memory A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in networks.

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex involved in vision, an achievement ...

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

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections.

An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and every synaptic connection in an adult fruit fly's brain, building a ...