Researchers outline a roadmap for applying transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technique for stimulating the brain ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their behavior.

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Artificial intelligence was built to process data, not to think like us. Yet a growing body of research is finding that the internal workings of advanced language and speech models are starting to ...

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world.

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at ...

Earlier this year, John Hopkins University scientists revealed that they had created something astonishing: a miniature whole human brain. Specifically, it was a type of organoid, a small mass of ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

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