For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

WPI researchers have used a form of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze anatomical changes in the brain and predict ...

Harvard Medical School neurobiologist David Ginty has won The Brain Prize 2026 for his career-long research on our sense of ...

Researchers used AI and deep learning to find a link between brain structure and navigation skills but found no measurable ...

Unravelling how the billions of interacting neurons in the human brain conjure consciousness is one of the greatest challenges in twenty-first-century science. Over the past decade, large, well-funded ...

Researchers identify the fusiform imagery node as the brain's "imagination hub," explaining why strokes can cause the loss of visual mental imagery.

But researchers were concerned about whether this procedure might have other, less desirable effects. What happens when the right and left sides of the cerebral cortex—responsible for an enormous ...

The Importance of Gliotransmitters for Brain Function, Plus Cognitive and Motor Efficiencies Gliotransmitters are neurochemicals released by glial cells. They support communication between neurons and ...

Changing just one habit can boost your cognitive performance.

The free, family-friendly event on March 15 welcomes visitors for a day of fun and exploration, featuring games, art projects, lightning talks and demonstrations that highlight the wonders of the ...

When a cocaine addict relapses, it isn't a matter of personal failure—it's the biological result of their brain's rewiring, ...