Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a huge surge within just a few years. Apps like Microsoft Copilot promise to help you brainstorm and plan; ChatGPT offers help with homework and professional work ...

In our efforts to keep our brains healthy, how do we know what is working? Helen Thomson explores a new generation of tests ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're doing right now. Reading these words, feeling the weight of your body in a ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has a unique “connectivity fingerprint” tied to its role in cognition, from ...

Artificial intelligence may be changing more than how fast you work. Discover the hidden curiosity cycle that shapes learning ...

Our brains are extraordinary. For centuries, humans have tried to understand how this complex organ works, leading to the development of psychology, a field dedicated to studying behavior, cognition, ...

The clock reads 2:13 a.m. You are exhausted. Your eyes ache, your body feels heavy, and the alarm is already beginning to ...

Treating brain diseases is extraordinarily challenging, because drugs often work poorly and implants require risky surgery that can jeopardize critical brain functions. A group at MIT has sought a ...

A growing body of research has shown that our brains work differently when temperatures spike. By Claire Brown With more than 160 million people under extreme heat advisories as the Fourth of July ...

Recent studies have sparked a debate on whether the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT is altering our brain activity and cognitive abilities. While some researchers suggest that ...