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The neuroscience is pretty uncomfortable. People in positions of power show reduced activity in mirror neuron systems, the ...

Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

Researchers have developed photonic computing chips that overcome key limitations for a type of neural network known as a ...

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the least studied of the five senses, it remains somewhat mysterious at the ...

A team led by HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Shan Meltzer has created a detailed, cell-by-cell map of the spinal cord that offers a new framework for understanding chronic pain and provides a powerful new ...

More than 7 million Americans over the age of 65 live with Alzheimer's. For years, scientists researching the disease have ...

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...

Researchers identified three distinct brain “biotypes” of ADHD, each with its own chemical signature—offering new clues about why treatment can feel like trial and error.

Treating brain diseases like tumors and Alzheimer's is notoriously difficult due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which blocks most drugs. While nanomedicine offers a promising solution, its path to ...

The Anthropic AI’s Substack lands amid growing questions about identity, sentience, and how models are retired.

Neurons placed inside engineered living bodies built from frog cells self-organize, become active, and reshape movement ...