New research suggests intelligence arises not from a single brain region, but from how networks across the brain work together as an integrated system. Neuroscientists often describe the brain as a ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the models underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT and various other online platforms, has grown exponentially over the past few years. Current ...

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

Intrinsic neural attractors and extrinsic environmental inputs jointly steer the dynamic trajectories of brain activity ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

An individual may become completely paralyzed because of any number of accidents that interfere with the functioning of the ...

A standard glass of wine or beer does more than just relax the body; it fundamentally alters the landscape of communication within the brain. New research suggests that acute alcohol consumption ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...