We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

The human brain is one of the most complex structures known to science, containing billions of interconnected neurons. These ...

We investigated how our brains process language during real-life conversations. Specifically, we wanted to understand which brain regions become active when we're speaking and listening, and how these ...

The visceral substrate of selfhood is not an add-on to cognitive self-awareness; in many frameworks, it is its foundation. Neuroimaging shows the anterior insula co-activating with the medial ...

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.

A new study of neural oscillations during varying stages of consciousness shows that anesthesia doesn’t just knock us out—it ...

An electroencephalography (EEG) cap, which measures the electrical activity of the brain through the scalp, collects a mixture of signals coming from many different sources. In a loud, crowded room, ...

Pregnancy reshapes the brain more profoundly than scientists ever imagined – and a landmark new study is finally mapping exactly how.

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th ...

As Paul Allen’s Seahawks get ready for Monday Night Football, he’s facing a more intricate battle in a laboratory in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. The Allen Institute for Brain Sciences is trying to ...