Casey Harrell using a brain-implant interface. (Regents of the University of California, Davis) This Week in Science: A world ...

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.

In the well-known thought experiment known as the prisoner's dilemma, one individual has to decide whether to stay silent or talk to the police about their crime based on how they anticipate an ...

Neural network models that are able to make decisions or store memories have long captured scientists' imaginations. In these models, a hallmark of the computation being performed by the network is ...

Despite great progress in brain science, computer science and mathematics, simulating a spiking neuronal network of the human brain at a scale of up to 86 billion neurons remains a substantial ...

Scientists have discovered something remarkable about the brain – and it might explain our most vivid memories.

Due to the rapid rise and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, ClaudeAI, and DeepSeek over the past several years, the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers or fading signals. The advance makes it possible to watch individual brain ...

A new study suggests that people are more likely to consciously notice neutral spoken words than negative ones when ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom that larger group size reduces cooperation by showing that fluid connections and innate prosocial instincts enable humans to thrive in larger social circles ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...