A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, the findings could redefine how memory ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at ...

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...

The brain constantly blends split-second reactions with slower, more thoughtful processing, and new research shows how it pulls this off. Scientists discovered that brain regions operate on different ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

The figure shows how the brain works to decode the different aspects of words over time, with phonetics (i.e., sounds) processed first and most quickly and semantic meaning coming later and taking ...

Not everyone is able to think quickly, but here are 11 obvious signs your mind works faster than the average person.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists showed that it’s possible to reproduce an entire cerebral cortex inside one of the world’s fastest computers. The model represents the ...