Seven participants had electrodes temporarily implanted in a brain structure important for learning. While anesthetized, ...

It’s further proof that even fairly complex neural processes are not the same as consciousness.

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This Communications Biology study used intracranial EEG in 22 epilepsy patients to map how the human brain processes new ...

A recent study mapping the human brain reveals that our perception of time does not happen all at once, but rather unfolds ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

The human brain, often hailed as nature’s most powerful computer, is surprisingly slow when it comes to handling information. While our senses gather a mountain of data every second, our actual ...

Even in the primary visual cortex, a brain region named for its specialized role in processing basic features of what the ...

Betty faces a seemingly simple choice between an apple and a donut. But as we'll soon discover, the brain's decision-making process is far from straightforward. Betty is standing before the healthy ...

You probably don’t need that detox drink, tonic or supplement. Experts regularly emphasize that there’s no need to flush ...