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The brain may 'move' between related ideas in the same way it navigates from one location to another
Using a mathematical model, scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things. Turns out, it may process both in a similar way.
Mind-reading brain implant 'streams' thoughts instantaneously
Researchers have used a mind-reading brain implant to continuously play a paralyzed person's thoughts through a speaker, allowing them to talk again.
Your brain starts eating itself during a marathon, study finds
Under extreme metabolic conditions, like a marathon, the brain may turn to cellular fat stores to maintain function, according to a new study.
How much of your brain do you need to survive?
Case reports of people with atypical brains reveal the human brain's staggering ability to adapt to damage.
Evidence refuting free will is being misinterpreted, scientists argue
Neuroscience research claiming to question the existence of free will may have been misinterpreted.
Brain aging accelerates dramatically around age 44 — could ketone supplements help?
A study of thousands of people finds that neural connections in the brain start to break down quickly around age 44, but the research hints that ketone supplements could potentially help slow that brain aging.
Brain quiz: Test your knowledge of the most complex organ in the body
What do you know about the wrinkly organ inside your skull?
Why don't we remember being babies?
The inability to remember your first few years of life is called infantile amnesia. But why does it happen?
AI analysis of 100 hours of real conversations — and the brain activity underpinning them — reveals how humans understand language
An AI model trained on dozens of hours of real-world conversation accurately predicts human brain activity and shows that features of language structure emerge without being coded in.
