How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It explores how physical components, such as neurons and their connections, give rise ...

The more closely scientists listen to the brain during conversation, the more its activity patterns resemble the statistical ...

It’s estimated it can take an AI model over 6,000 joules of energy to generate a single text response. By comparison, your brain needs just 20 joules every second to keep you alive and cognitive. That ...

“We’re definitely not saying that people in their late 20s are going to be acting like teenagers, or even that their brain ...

Scientists have created a computer model that aims to mimic the human brain, hoping it might teach us about ourselves.

As artificial intelligence (AI) races ahead, its capacities and limitations are now being computed by those at the forefront of the revolution.

Anxiety is a mental health condition millions of people around the world experience every day but not something that can necessarily be “seen”—until now. In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at ...

Once trained, the AI was tested on new MRI scans it had never seen before. These included images showing strokes, brain ...

“Think of an American flag,” says neuroscientist and Harvard professor of molecular and cellular biology Jeff Lichtman ’73, sitting in the office at his lab. In response, he says, you might envision a ...

You’ve probably heard the old canard that new brain cells simply stop forming as we become adults. But research out today is the latest to show that this isn’t really true. Scientists in Sweden led ...

Brain health is a hot topic showing up in podcasts, headlines and social feeds, but what it means to us personally depends on where we are in life. In our 20s and 30s, it’s about staying sharp, making ...