People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

In a busy room full of talking people, most of us can still pick out one voice to focus on. This common yet complex task—known as the “cocktail party effect”—relies on the brain’s incredible ability ...

Your next pair of headphones may be able to read your brain - and you'll be glad it can ...

A brain cap and smart algorithms may one day help paralyzed patients turn thought into movement—no surgery required.

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain's wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published June ...

A small region of the brain, known as the ventral tegmental area (VTA), plays a key role in how we process rewards. It produces dopamine, a neuromodulator that helps predict future rewards based on ...