Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

It seems like every generation thinks they’re smarter than the one before it — and that might just be true if brain size has anything to do with intelligence. A new study has put together a theory ...

Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved. "To our knowledge, this is the oldest fossilized brain we know ...

Thanks to the guidance of my undergraduate mentor, Prof. Robert B. Tallarico, when I was an undergraduate student I had the great treat of reading The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from ...

If humans had never domesticated dogs, they would still be wolves. But around 14,000 years ago, we did, and today we’re left with lovely companions who are forever changed by our interference. A study ...

People with Parkinson's disease and their doctors confront many unknowns, including the answer to exactly how deep brain stimulation (DBS) relieves some of the motor symptoms patients experience. In a ...

How can a cellist play like an angel? Why am I engrossed in my book when others struggle with reading? And while we’re at it, can you tell me why my child won’t stop screaming? Neuroscience is ...

According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in ...