A Cambridge researcher’s review suggests the brain’s ancient subcortex may sustain basic awareness, reshaping how science and ...

To fill in the full picture of what is happening around us, our brains process attention systematically, taking in general ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

The human brain can concurrently support a wide range of advanced mental functions, including attention, memory and the ...

Music affects us so deeply that it can essentially take control of our brain waves and get our bodies moving. Now, ...

A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...

Consciousness may be millions of years old, fueled by primal brain circuits rather than the human cortex alone.

Redefining Research: This study shows that a human-based brain organoid model can mimic key brain functions such as ...

Scientists mapped brain development before birth, revealing DNA changes linked to autism and schizophrenia risk.

Scientists have for the first time located the "mileage clock" inside a brain - by recording the brain activity of running ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling ...

A huge project led by neuroscientists from all across the world has achieved world-first insight into what decision-making looks like in the brain. It marks the first time a single-cell, ...