What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

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Check out a new episode of the Love Letters podcast, in which Meredith Goldstein learns about brain plasticity from an expert ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan. These maps not only help us to, say, find our room on the correct floor of ...

Silicon Valley and the Trump administration are embracing AI, but the technology has troubling implications for critical ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

Like printing, calculators and the internet, A.I. tools “are the latest in a long line of technologies that raise questions ...

UBC researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory—how the brain ...

I teach a course on the relationship between social media and society at Durham College. As part of their assessments, I ask ...

The Brain Tour, inside dementia is an app designed for iOS and Android phones, that uses augmented reality to transport users inside the brain. Whether you're curious to explore a healthy brain or ...

How do we organize elements in a system? One way is through the lens of hierarchy, which presupposes levels, a top-down ...