New research shows that a deeply ancient part of the brain can process visual information on its own, without help from the cortex. Scientists found that the superior colliculus, a structure shared by ...

Some people can drop a task midstream, respond to a curveball, and then slide back into deep focus with barely a hitch.

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Carnegie Mellon engineering researchers have designed the first microfabricated stainless steel neural probe that allows for safer, more accurate brain sensing.

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers at Reichman University's Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Dina ...

Mammalian sleep consists of non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REMS), accounting for approximately 75% and 25% of total sleep, respectively. REMS is characterized by ...

Almost every technological innovation of the past several years has been laser-focused on one thing: generative AI. Many of these supposedly revolutionary systems run on big, expensive servers in a ...

By comparing the neural processing of vocalizations emitted by species close to humans, such as chimpanzees, bonobos and macaques, it is possible to observe what our brain shares, or does not share, ...