A recent study published in Physical Review Letters reveals that many widely used signatures of criticality in brain data may be statistical artifacts. They propose a more robust framework that, when ...

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool that sits outside our heads. It is starting to seep into how we remember, decide and even imagine, blurring the line between human thought and machine ...

AI makes more sense when you see it like a human body, showing how thinking, memory, action, and connection work together to ...

The brain’s hidden timing code When I look at the latest work on brain dynamics, the most striking idea is that every region of the cortex seems to run on its own preferred tempo. Scientists describe ...

The AI era gives us a unique opportunity to reimagine the very act of thinking. As I demonstrate in my new book, Thinking Like A Human: The Power of Your Mind in the Age of AI, our cognitive powers ...

Does the brain treat these skills as one system early in life and separate them later? Or are they distinct from the ...

When we picture the future of human evolution, we often imagine larger brains and sharper intellect. We envision creatures powered by technology and intelligence, resembling the big-headed life forms ...

One thing that distinguishes human beings is their capacity for proactive, prolonged aggression, a human characteristic that results from the complex consciousness created by language. 1 Since threats ...

In the history of civilisation, all advancement, be it medical, technological or social, has followed a linear path. Sure, ...

You don’t manage focus like a habit. You manage focus like a brain state. Your brain state may be the most valuable ...

People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain ...

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most serious brain conditions in the world today. It slowly damages memory, thinking ...