The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.

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Our love for mystery stems from brain chemistry, evolution, and curiosity. Engaging with mystery enhances critical thinking and adds intrigue to everyday life.

Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages, Dr. Jack Hartnell explores how societies at the time understood the human body, and ...

New brain-inspired hardware, architectures and algorithms could lead to more efficient, more capable forms of AI.

The mind is so deeply attached to the self that it can be unsettling to consider how much thinking we don’t do ourselves.

A new study has uncovered how the brain seamlessly transforms sounds, speech patterns, and words into the flow of everyday conversations.

One such study, titled "Surge of neurophysiological coupling and connectivity of gamma oscillations in the dying human brain” looked into this by monitoring the brains of four dying patients.