In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion connections. If the brain were a computer, it would perform an exaflop (a ...

Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

The possibility of uploading human consciousness into a computer or machine, once a staple of science fiction, has entered serious scientific discourse. We’ll delve into the intricacies of human ...

For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into separate parts like memory and attention. A recent AI model called Centaur ...

As neuroscience strives for generalizability and equity, understanding human brain diversity across populations is crucial. To uncover how ethnicity/race-related differences in the brain functional ...

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour. The word 'psychology' comes from the Greek words 'psyche', meaning life, and 'logos', meaning explanation. Psychology can teach you how to ...

Many people think of psychology as being primarily about mental health, but its story goes far beyond that. As the science of the mind, psychology has played a pivotal role in shaping artificial ...

If you’re a professional, leader, or high-functioning thinker who feels uneasy about artificial intelligence—but can’t quite explain why—you’re not alone. Many people who are succeeding on paper are ...