Humans know they exist, but how does "knowing" work? Despite all that's been learned about brain function and the bodily ...

Vedantam, a veteran science reporter, joins WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to explore how unseen mental forces shape our choices, and why the show continues to resonate with listeners.

A single neural thread in the brain may explain why some people who are hurt lash out while others turn the pain inward. A ...

Your brain makes decisions before you even realize it. Neuroscience shows the brain can reverse choices internally before you ...

The brain is a complex organ that regulates everything you do. It sends and receives chemical and electrical signals through the body that control and coordinate thought, memory, emotion, ...

Children who experience traumatic events may show subtle but measurable differences in how their brains process attention and ...

Researchers showed that large language models use a small, specialized subset of parameters to perform Theory-of-Mind reasoning, despite activating their full network for every task.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. David Lloyd Shepard has announced the release of his new book, The New ...

A new study shows that autism symptom severity, rather than a formal diagnosis, aligns with shared brain-connectivity patterns across children diagnosed with autism or ADHD.

Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...