These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...

When probes are inserted into the brain for research or clinical purposes, the electrical activity of neurons is recorded.

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A new study suggests that four psychoactive compounds work in surprisingly similar ways, and that they break down the ...

Whether speaking or swinging a bat, precise and adaptable timing of movement is essential for everyday behavior. Although we do not have sensory organs like eyes or a nose to sense time, we can keep ...

The largest analysis of psychedelic brain imaging to date offers a clearer picture of how psychedelic drugs affect the brain.

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.

A breakthrough in brain-inspired computing could make today’s energy-hungry AI systems far more efficient. Researchers have engineered a new nanoelectronic device using a modified form of hafnium ...