The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

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Scientists recorded increase brain activity just before the patient died. What happens to the human brain as people are on the precipice of death is an enigma that has perplexed ordinary folks and ...

King says his group, based in Paris, is specifically tasked with figuring out “the principles of intelligence” from the human brain. “Trying to understand the precise architecture or ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees.

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

In this documentary, the artist depicts what a more just and beautiful world might look like. By Alissa Wilkinson Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose play reunited former associates from a criminal ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its ...

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