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A new study introduces Centered Daydreaming, allowing Hopfield networks to achieve 100% capacity on highly biased real-world data.

At Short Wave, we love a good brain. Which is why we’ve had a lot of conversations over the years with NPR’s neuroscience ...

Two types of carbohydrates are important to plants—structural carbohydrates (which form cell walls) and nonstructural ...

A new study challenges the familiar idea that the brain evolved by stacking rational systems on top of primitive emotional ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study has introduced a novel machine learning method for analyzing how the brain organizes ...

Everyone has had that moment.You are making tea, walk into the kitchen, and suddenly stop. Why did you come here? The answer ...

Didn't learn a musical instrument? It may not be too late to benefit. A new study suggests that learning an instrument in ...

Researchers found that tau is essential for turning new experiences into lasting memories by helping organize the brain's ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing ...

The same lifestyle choices that reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer can also reduce your risk of cognitive ...