A young zebra finch learning to sing may not sound like much at first, just a babbling stream of chirps and whistles. But ...
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Inspired by the brain, researchers build smarter and more efficient computer hardware
As traditional computer chips reach their physical limits and artificial intelligence demands more energy than ever, ...
A team of researchers discover how the stentor, an organism made of a single, gigantic cell, learns without a brain.
The simple act of navigating a new place alone sets off a cascade of activity in the brain, engaging systems that most of our ...
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden in the adult brain: millions of “silent synapses,” dormant ...
If machines can do this faster and more accurately than humans, is investing years in learning another language still worth ...
Last month, we introduced the idea that looking after our brain is something we can all do. But what does “brain health” ...
Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion connections. If the brain were a computer, it would perform an exaflop (a ...
New research challenges traditional views of how the brain makes decisions, suggesting that even its earliest regions play a ...
Habit helps take the mental load off figuring out how to get somewhere. But relying on the familiar can make it harder to ...
Every experience we have changes our brain, the way a ceramicist reshapes a slab of clay. Every corner we turn, every conversation we have, every shudder we feel causes cascading effects: Chemicals ...
If you can pay attention, you can train your brain. And if you can train your brain, you can change how you lead.
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