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Neuroscience

How Your Brain Fills in the Blanks with Experience

Our neurocircuitry is profoundly shaped by a lifetime of learning.

August 5, 2022

How the Brain Allows the Deaf to Experience Music

Our sensory systems for hearing and touch overlap to stir a wealth of emotions.

July 20, 2022

Does an AI’s Ability to Talk Mean It’s Conscious?

One question for Raphaël Millière, philosopher of cognitive science at Columbia University.

July 19, 2022

Under Anesthesia, Where Do Our Minds Go?

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

June 29, 2022

Unlocking Mom’s Brain

Maternal care offers a window on our social instincts.

June 1, 2022

No Two Human Brains Are Alike

The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.

May 17, 2022

“I Have to Admit, I Have a Very Low Opinion of Human Beings”

Why the father of neuroscience, toward the end of his career, preferred to study ants.

May 4, 2022

Free Will, Illustrated

Does the body rule the mind? Or does the mind rule the body?

April 19, 2022

AI Is Helping Scientists Explain the Brain

But what if it’s telling them a false story?

February 16, 2022

What’s So Hard About Understanding Consciousness?

We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question.

February 2, 2022

I Feel, Therefore I Am

Consciousness is a continuous conversation between the feeling body and the knowing mind.

February 2, 2022

Are Kids Ready for Virtual Reality?

Will too much time in the virtual world impact how children develop in the real one?

February 1, 2022