A team led by Professor Ed X. Wu and Dr. Alex T. L. Leong has achieved a major breakthrough in understanding how the brain ...

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

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 ...

The longing for “simpler times” recurs in every generation. It usually points to a slower pace, fewer distractions, and a ...

New insight into decision-making pathways in the brain may impact the way engineers think about artificial intelligence, ...

A research team has uncovered a fundamental principle of how the brain prioritizes vision and hearing differently depending on whether we are still or in motion. The study provides new insights into ...

Recent studies are uncovering how optical illusions exploit the brain’s predictive coding system, revealing the interplay between perception, imagination, and reality. Researchers are finding ...

We investigated how our brains process language during real-life conversations. Specifically, we wanted to understand which brain regions become active when we're speaking and listening, and how these ...

Up to 30% of people with migraines experience an aura phase, a sensation characterized by visual or sensory disturbances such ...

The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How exactly ...