Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

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. For the study, published ...

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered a surprising truth about the speed of human thought: our brains process ideas at a rate of just 10 bits per second. Compared to the ...

For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain might require quantum processes to achieve cognition. A study from Shanghai University uses mathematical models to suggest ...

We all like to think of ourselves as quick-witted, but a new study from Caltech calculates that our brains process information at the extremely slow speed of around 10 bits per second. This leisurely ...

The average brain may contain a spoonful of plastic, a new study suggests. The number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 and 2024, with the highest ...

Students stepping into Classes 10th and 12th know that the coming academic year is no joke. The pressure of board exams, assignments, and endless revisions can be mentally exhausting. While ...