A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

In the well-known thought experiment known as the prisoner's dilemma, one individual has to decide whether to stay silent or talk to the police about their crime based on how they anticipate an ...

Human brain cells are now interacting with computer systems, learning to play video games like Doom. Researchers have ...

Everything from doom scrolling on our constantly pinging phones to refined sugar is designed to manipulate our biological instincts – and it’s making us ill. Bestselling author and scientist Nicklas B ...

Due to the rapid rise and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, ClaudeAI, and DeepSeek over the past several years, the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom that larger group size reduces cooperation by showing that fluid connections and innate prosocial instincts enable humans to thrive in larger social circles ...