My job, like many of yours, demands more from my brain than it is biologically capable of. The philosophical argument that phones, the internet, and AI tools are extensions of our minds Why humans ...

Scientists at UBC have discovered a new type of brain cell, called ovoid cells, which play a key role in object recognition memory. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments for memory-related ...

Brain activity may indicate that after death, our souls depart from our bodies. New studies on brain activity during the dying process suggest that the brain may remain active even after clinical ...

The communication system between your gut and brain is called the gut-brain axis. They’re connected both physically and biochemically in a number of different ways. They may even influence each ...

Your brain isn’t stagnant; throughout your lifetime, many changes occur as a result of genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors that accompany emotional, intellectual, and physical ...

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. By Gina Kolata Women’s brains are superior to ...

Whether mice persist with a task, explore new options or give up comes down to the activity of three types of neuron in the brain. In experiments, researchers at University College London (UCL ...

By contrast, activation of neurons that communicate with other cells by releasing glutamate, the brain’s main excitatory messenger, promoted exploratory behaviour, with mice seeking out ...

But we do have an existing example of AGI without the "A"—the intelligence provided by the animal brain, particularly the human one. And one thing is clear: The systems being touted as evidence ...

If you’re embarking on a buddies’ golf trip to Pebble Beach, you can’t ask for too much more. Maybe some decent weather. Possibly on-time flights. Beyond that, you’re getting greedy.

You love from the depths of your ventral tegmental area, your hypothalamus, your nucleus accumbens, and other vital areas of the brain. In the last two decades, scientists have joined the throngs of ...

Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS The United States and Europe see the catastrophic situation of Kiev, but their media "paint" "wallpaper" to the people of Ukraine, are engaged in gaslighting, driving ...