Our body is a mystery, especially when it comes to certain phenomena. One of the most puzzling is that sensation when the hair stands on end and you feel a kind of shiver. This is ...

Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in ...

Chronic stress is on the rise—the result of an evolutionary mismatch that our bodies and brains, adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to hunter-gatherer conditions, are experiencing in ...

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

Optimal cue integration, Bayesian Causal Inference, spatial orienting, speech illusions and other key phenomena in audiovisual perception naturally emerge from the collective behavior of a population ...

The first biologically inspired computer model, comprising multiple multisensory correlation detectors, can integrate spatially and temporally congruent audiovisual information in a similar way to ...

AI can help humans reach their cognitive “flow state,” says author Mithu Storoni, by balancing challenge and ability.

They’re growing miniature 3D brains from stem cells. These aren’t your fictional mad scientists’ brains in a vat; they’re ...

Brain growth and maturation doesn't progress in a linear, stepwise fashion. Instead, it's a dynamic, choreographed sequence ...

The move positions Altman in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Neuralink, whose brain implants require open skull ...

Synapses are fundamental microstructures that serve as the principal platforms for learning, memory and other higher functions of central nervous system.