Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

Over the past decades, some lawyers have started using brain imaging scans as evidence during criminal trials, to provide a possible explanation for the criminal behavior of defendants. This was ...

The first human brain-computer interface by Paradromics was completed in 20 minutes, featuring microelectrodes to help paralyzed individuals control computers with thoughts.

Tech Culture mit generative ai MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity AI users displayed shorter memory and significantly fewer connections between regions of ...

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to new treatments for sleep conditions ...

AI tools like ChatGPT may make us more productive, but this four-month study out of MIT shows there could be some unexpected tradeoffs.

Adriana Smith, a brain-dead woman kept on life support for months, delivered her baby in Georgia after being kept alive on life support for months, her mother said.

Adriana Smith, who was 10 weeks pregnant in February when she was declared brain dead, was kept alive due to Georgia’s strict ban on abortion. After nearly four months on life support, Smith ...

Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

Scientists Found a Link Between Spirituality and Your Brain—Are You Hardwired to Believe in God? Scientists are mapping specific brain regions to understand how the brain conceives of the divine.

A study of 20,000 anxiety disorder patients shows how negativity bias affects brain structure, cognitive function and mental health, supporting the view that mental illness is brain illness.