A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

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In the United States, an estimated one in nine children has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is often characterized by impulsivity and difficulty paying ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a huge surge within just a few years. Apps like Microsoft Copilot promise to help you brainstorm and plan; ChatGPT offers help with homework and professional work ...

Learn how a new research roadmap could turn debates about consciousness into testable experiments.

William Wright receives funding from National Institutes of Health (NINDS) and the Schmidt Sciences. Takaki Komiyama receives funding from NIH, NSF, Simons Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and ...

All around us is a rich world for us to experience. Inside our minds, we have our own understanding of the world, ourselves, and everything in it. How does the brain do any of this? There’s all this ...