A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category ...

The medical consequences of traumatic brain injuries are well-studied and affect millions of Americans every year. But one of ...

New research indicates that the structural organization of the human brain does not develop in a continuous, linear fashion ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the brain's ability to judge context or assign meaning ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life. But, ironically, that life-saving rush of blood can also trigger a second ...