A textbook-diagram-like image of a monkey's neurons firing after looking at another monkey eating a banana is a classic ...

The death of actor Michael Patrick has brought attention to motor neurone disease, a progressive neurological condition. A ...

Irish actor Michael Patrick has died at the age of 35 after a three-year long battle with Motor Neuron Disease. Learn about ...

Researchers developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the functions, dynamics and information processing of a biological graded neuron, which could lead to new breakthroughs in ...

AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types by Sonia Fernandez, University of California - Santa Barbara edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

As you’re deciding whether to eat one more potato chip, a pitched battle takes place in your brain. One group of neurons promotes hunger while another induces satiety. How quickly one group gains the ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...