For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

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A new study has found that SuperAgers also grow more neurons than other older adults groups, helping to keep their brains healthy. As we age, it’s not uncommon for the brain to change in ways that can ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

The comparison underscores a paradox at the heart of modern AI development: today’s neural networks are inspired by the brain ...

Scientists have demonstrated that human brain cells grown on a microchip can learn to play id Software’s classic first-person ...

What happens to the human brain and body after death has remained a long-standing question. It’s intriguing to think about ...