A new Northwestern Medicine study has introduced a novel machine learning method for analyzing how the brain organizes ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing ...

The brain's cerebellum doesn't waste energy analyzing every moment. Instead, it constantly monitors the world for the ...

New research and theories suggest the brain may remain active near death, shaping visions, memories, and possibly our sense ...

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We believe that we think, choose, and act of our own free will. However, the brain sometimes creates reasons after the fact and convinces us that they are our 'true intentions'. In this article, we ...

When soccer stars take the field in the FIFA World Cup June 11 through July 19, they’ll be making countless real-time adjustments as they play. And when they do, they’ll also be predicting the future.

Your phone buzzes, and you check it—just for a second—and suddenly you’ve forgotten what you were doing. This happens to us all. Every time we swipe, scroll, or switch apps, our brains are making ...

Have you ever wondered how a fly manages to dodge you in a split second? Scientists have long been fascinated by the lightning-fast reflexes that help flies escape danger almost instantly. But despite ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...

Can artificial intelligence help decode the human brain? A new study by finds that a new AI model is capable of acting as a "digital twin" of the human brain, capable of predicting human brain ...