A new regenerative therapy uses small molecules to program progenitor cells derived from stem cells in the inner ear to grow new hair cells within the cochlear and restore hearing.
Striosomes, a collection of neurons in the brain's striatum, help with decision-making that requires the evaluation of risks and benefits.
Training a machine learning algorithm with synthetic data for image classification can rival one trained on traditional datasets.
Electric fields may represent information held in working memory, allowing the brain to overcome representational drift.
A novel probe for fMRI traces connections between neurons, helping researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
Applying theories from psychology and cognitive science may help humans learn to collaborate with robots faster and more effectively, researchers report.
Neuroimaging reveals surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability in children.
Researchers have identified a population of neurons in the auditory cortex that responds to singing, but not any other type of music.
Different types of dendrites process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.
Researchers have created a comprehensive atlas of cell types in the brain's cerebrovascular system.
In order to represent an exact quantity higher than four, people need to have words for those numbers.
Kissing, sharing food, or any other interaction that involves saliva are signals babies and young children use to determine whether two people have a strong relationship and mutual obligation to each other.
