When we imagine the brain, we tend to picture one command center—such as a control hub within the human skull—managing all body functions. But nature is not always a centralised design. Indeed, ...
New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.
To dig deeper, the researchers developed a method for measuring activation patterns in astrocytes across a whole brain of a ...
Brains guide group movement by sharing world-centered direction cues, explaining how animals align without strict rules.
The first hint of a brain developed on Earth around 600 million years ago, and now, some version of the organ can be found in nearly every animal in the world. Humans have the largest brain size ...
Stanford scientists found that aging disrupts the brain’s internal navigation system in mice, mirroring spatial memory ...
Why do animals search for food at specific times of the day? In a study published in Current Biology, a research group led by ...
We've all experienced defeat at some point – losing a game, a potential new job, a debate. Now, a new study has found that ...
People cannot regenerate lost limbs today, but thanks to science, the ability to do so may become a reality sooner than many ...
DAVIS, Calif. -- Elon Musk's implant company Neuralink, which aims to enable brains to connect and communicate with computers, has acknowledged that monkeys died as part of its testing procedures but ...