“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

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Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

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For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Researchers have created a method called Lp-Convolution, which helps machines focus on important parts of an image—similar to how the human brain works.

A new study shows that repetitive DNA, once dismissed as “junk,” plays a critical role in shaping the human brain.

The first human brain-computer interface by Paradromics was completed in 20 minutes, featuring microelectrodes to help paralyzed individuals control computers with thoughts.