"It's been hard for the neuroscience community to take a step back from this old school interpretation that the brain is this ...

The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent ...

New studies reveal consciousness is older and more widespread than believed, with birds showing signs of awareness and ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision.

A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits ...

From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

New research shows that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t simply broadcast generic commands to sensory regions—it sends finely tailored signals that shape how the brain processes vision depending on ...

MIT researchers discovered that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t just send generic control signals—it tailors its messages to ...

The authors analyzed spectral properties of neural activity recorded using laminar probes while mice engaged in a global/local visual oddball paradigm. They found solid evidence for an increase in ...

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers ...