Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old proteins onto other brain cells. Many of those proteins are involved in brain ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

The human brain, often hailed as nature’s most powerful computer, is surprisingly slow when it comes to handling information. While our senses gather a mountain of data every second, our actual ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

A research team has uncovered a fundamental principle of how the brain prioritizes vision and hearing differently depending on whether we are still or in motion. The study provides new insights into ...

The walk sign lights up, and you’re ready to step off the curb when you hear the blare of an ambulance siren—or the sound of kids screaming, or even some leaves rustling in the wind. How do you make a ...

Researchers found that gut microbes may contribute to memory loss by disrupting signals between the intestine and the brain.

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...

A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new brain-inspired hardware platform that ...