New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep within the brain. New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep ...

The human brain, a complex organ, consumes a significant amount of energy despite its small size. Neurons communicate rapidly, enabling quick reactions and efficient information processing. The brain ...

Scientists grew organoids, or tiny models of the brain, to learn more ... adaptation of microglial function to support the increased demand for interneurons in the human cortex," the researchers wrote ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

What distinguishes the mammalian brain from that of other vertebrates is a region called the neocortex, which is the largest and evolutionarily newest part of the human brain. The researchers focused ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

The federal government is looking for researchers who can, in 5 years, develop stem cell treatments to repair brain damage caused by stroke, neurodegeneration, and trauma. The Functional Repair of ...