Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Consciousness has long been described as one of science's toughest puzzles. Researchers still do not fully understand how physical brain tissue gives ...

New research challenges the century-old practice of mapping the brain based on how tissue looks under a microscope. By analyzing electrical signals from thousands of neurons in mice, scientists ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...

This moment of revelation is common to many people who don’t form mental images. They report that they might never have thought about this aspect of their inner life if not for a chance conversation, ...

Disrupting left superior frontal sulcus selectively impaired perceptual but not value-based decisions, revealing segregated ...

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...