Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

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

“We can’t actually build brains,” University of Sussex mathematical physics professor Thomas Nowotny told New Scientist.

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including decision-making, perception, language and memory. Understanding how the morphology ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

A team from UNIGE has shown that neurons positioned in the wrong place can still perform their function without disrupting ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives. Our ...