A team of researchers from the University of Rochester, Yale University, and Princeton University has made a big stride in neuroscience. They have shown a method to induce learning through the direct ...

A new algorithm analyzes electrical activity in the brain to forecast whether standard depression drugs will work, ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

Scientists are beginning to show that learning is not exclusive to neurons and synapses. At the scale of billionths of a meter, tiny channels called nanopores are starting to display brain-like ...

Scientists have developed a geometric deep learning method that can create a coherent picture of neuronal population activity during cognitive and motor tasks across experimental subjects and ...

At just two months old, babies are already organizing the world in their minds. Brain scans revealed distinct patterns as ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

What does dying feel like? By studying patients who’ve suffered near-death experiences, scientists are one step closer to ...