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Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that severe drops in the brain’s energy supply help drive the disease—and ...

Neural and computational evidence reveals that real-world size is a temporally late, semantically grounded, and hierarchically stable dimension of object representation in both human brains and ...

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

During the notoriously busy holiday season, precious moments of togetherness can be enhanced by establishing a digital-free space.

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Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

We are living at a time when large language models increasingly make choices once reserved for people. From writing emails to ...