Scientists used a compact AI model to predict how visual cortex neurons respond to images, revealing hidden patterns in perception.

Loss and dysfunction of synapses have been linked to age-related cognitive decline and observed in Alzheimer's and other ...

New theory suggests consciousness may arise from a hidden brain wave, challenging long-held beliefs about neurons and awareness.

A new McGill University study has found a direct link between age-related declines in neuron activity in the cerebellum and ...

When I began my master’s program in cognitive science, an electrical engineering professor told us—rather arrogantly—that the soul is nothing but neurons firing. “You’re deluded if you think otherwise ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain so far, by mapping cells in 1 cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain tissue 1. In a landmark achievement, the ...

The world, and countless generations of interactions with it, coaxed our brains to evolve in the unique way that humans perceive reality. And yet, thanks to the past century's developments in ...