Artificial intelligence may write award-winning essays and diagnose disease with remarkable accuracy, but biological brains still hold the upper hand in at least one crucial domain: flexibility.

Our brains use basic "building blocks" of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL ...

A pair of monkeys staring at colored shapes in a Princeton lab may have brought you closer to understanding how your own mind works. A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — Every second, millions of neurons in your brain fight against distraction. While you read these words, your brain actively suppresses countless other signals, such as the hum of your ...

The peculiarities of the human brain are as puzzling as its complexity. It is peculiar that the brain doesn’t know it exists. As monarch of the nervous system, you’d think that this simple fact wouldn ...

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During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort ...

Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study. Our brains use basic 'building ...