Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By ...

Scientists can finally hear the brain’s quietest messages—unlocking the hidden code behind how neurons think, decide, and ...

In a landmark study released today, artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to reveal over a thousand previously hidden components within the human brain’s connectome. These intricate neural ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain’s lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand how it works have pushed the boundaries of brain-imaging technologies. “We ...

Scientists reveal a hidden brain code that tracks distance and time in the dark, offering new insight into navigation and memory.

Scientists applied ChatGPT architecture to an AI model, allowing it to recognize about 1,300 previously unknown brain regions, and greatly expanding the current brain map. This precise representation ...

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks” across many tasks. Monkeys switching between visual categorization challenges revealed that ...

Recent technological and scientific advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, which is in turn leading to interesting new discoveries. Over the past few years, many groups of ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! NPR’s “Hidden Brain,” hosted by Shankar Vedantam, is marking its 10th anniversary.

Fitter bodies and muscles could keep brains young and fit, too, a new study suggests. "Healthier bodies with more muscle mass and less hidden belly fat are more likely to have healthier, youthful ...