New research shows storytelling improves memory by helping people remember information better than lists through meaningful sequences.
To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do. By Carl Zimmer Companies like ...
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 ...
The human mind is turning out to be far stranger and more intricate than the tidy diagrams in old biology textbooks ever suggested. A wave of new research is revealing hidden layers in the brain’s ...
Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our brains automatically understand how we can move through different environments—whether it's swimming in a lake or walking a path—without ...
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How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...
In the middle of the night, the world can sometimes feel like a dark place. Under the cover of darkness, negative thoughts have a way of drifting through your mind, and as you lie awake, staring at ...
Explore the latest findings in autism research that highlight the importance of brain tissue for understanding neurodevelopmental conditions.