Neuroscience
The Fine Line Between Life and Not Life
If the brain can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, what can?
How We Remember Last Weekend
High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.
How Your Brain Fills in the Blanks with Experience
Our neurocircuitry is profoundly shaped by a lifetime of learning.
How the Brain Allows the Deaf to Experience Music
Our sensory systems for hearing and touch overlap to stir a wealth of emotions.
Does an AI’s Ability to Talk Mean It’s Conscious?
One question for Raphaël Millière, philosopher of cognitive science at Columbia University.
Under Anesthesia, Where Do Our Minds Go?
To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.
No Two Human Brains Are Alike
The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.
“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.