When learning how to perform new movements, our brains etch the details in our minds as we master the new task. From a young ...

A new computational model combined with brain imaging data reveals that relying too heavily on prior expectations when ...

A large MRI study of 1,761 schizophrenia patients shows that disrupted brain asymmetry is real but subtle, and varies with ...

Brain-IT uses recordings from functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to approximate the picture a person was viewing by analyzing patterns of brain activity associated with visual processing.

A Penn-led team processed more than 24,000 MRI scans from over 10,000 adolescents, creating an openly available dataset that ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred microbes from different primates into mice, the animals’ brains began to ...

Researchers from three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the potential to make future visual prostheses, like a bionic eye, more precise, ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Why do people find themselves repeating the same patterns—whether in relationships, work, or emotional reactions—despite conscious ...

When you're stuck on a tough problem, it's not uncommon to take a walk or give your brain a break, only to gain that sudden ...

Research increasingly suggests that language learning and bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits – including for older ...