Neuroscience

Keith Jarret, world-famous jazz pianist, once answered in an interview when asked if he would ever be interested in doing a concert where he would play both jazz and classical music: "No, that's hilarious. [...] It's like a chosen practically impossible thing [...] It's [because of] the circuitry. Your system demands different circuitry for either of those two things." Where non-specialists tend to think that it…

My 4-year-old daughter and I were deep into a game of checkers one day about three years ago when her eye drifted to a nearby table.…By Tom Vanderbilt

Yale researchers have devised a way to peer into the brains of two people simultaneously while are engaged in discussion. What they found will not surprise anyone who has found themselves arguing about politics or social issues.

Using a novel programming tweak, a pair of neuroscientists have managed to replicate human visual learning in computer-based artificial intelligence.

Zero as a concept was something that didn't always exist in human cultures. We had to find it for ourselves — more than once.

"If a tree falls in the forest, but no one hears it, does it make a sound?" I didn't answer that question. I didn't pick a position, "Yes!" or "No!", and defend it. Instead I went off and deconstructed the human algorithm for processing words, even going so far as to sketch an illustration of a neural network. At the end, I hope, there was no question left—not even the feeling of a question. Many…

Activity in one of two tiny areas of the mouse brain can turn mounting behavior from sexual to aggressive, or vice versa.

Industry expert James Swanwick shares his tips for entrepreneurs just in time for Dry January.

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In one experiment, just telling a man he would be observed by a female was enough to hurt his psychological performance.

Doctors at the hospital were looking into the link between the coronavirus and neurological issues.

SILO stock is screaming for the top, but it's only the beginning. With a Phase 2b study starting soon, this is one to watch.

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

Philip K Dick used his religious experiences to stimulate his imagination, but were they simply signs of mental illness?

ISRIB, a new drug that reboots protein production in cells can reverse aging declines in memory and cognition in mice, with no side effects.

We must ensure that companies, policy makers and consumers use neurotechnology in a responsible way

The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out across the nation are lifting spirits over the holidays. But there's also budding concern about new strains of the virus that have been discovered in

How human-biting mosquitoes track us isn't known, but it matters, since they carry diseases such as Zika, dengue, West Nile virus and malaria. Understanding how mosquitoes sniff us out so more effective repellents can be made could save up to half a million lives lost annually.

Female rats that inhaled vaporized cannabis daily for a month developed a blunted physiological response to stress, according to a new study. In contrast, male rats that were provided access to the same potency of cannabis over the same 30-day window did not experience any physiological changes in how they responded to a stressful situation.

A new study by neuroscientists demonstrates that the brain does not remap itself even with long-term bionic limb use, posing challenges for the development of realistic prosthetic limbs.