In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

According to study co-lead author Cheol Jun Cho, who is also a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...

Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum. Researchers have provided evidence that these genes contribute together to the evolutionary ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Infamously, 2022’s Best Animated Oscars presentation featured several jokes about the nominees that, in the words of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, framed “the five Academy Award nominees for ...

Research on brain training for ADHD is limited, and few programs have been approved by the FDA. However, studies have found that it may improve some symptoms of ADHD. Those with attention deficit ...

Then there’s the ambitions of Dr. Wachenstein (Terry Kiser), who is so proud of his robotic T-Rex that he yearns to give it a human brain so that it can achieve consciousness. These subplots ...