For the first time, an electrical communication has just been established between a living nerve cell and its artificial ...

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

A small population of nerve cells appears to be responsible for blood flow and neural activity across the entire brain, ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

The ability to analyze the brain's neural connectivity is emerging as a key foundation for brain-computer interface (BCI) ...

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, ...

Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

The brain’s superior temporal gyrus quietly learns your language patterns, helping it break continuous speech into clear, ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...