“Illusions are fun, but they are also a gateway to perception,” says Hyeyoung Shin, assistant professor of neuroscience at Seoul National University. Shin is the first author of a new study in Nature ...

The stunning simulation created with Japan's ultra-fast supercomputer, represents almost 10 million neurons, 26 billion synapses and 86 interconnected brain regions.

You probably have a general understanding of the human brain: a network of nerve cells connected by synapses. Complex or abstract ideas emerge as a result of the firing of many of these nerve cells, ...

For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to pinpoint the neural underpinnings of behavior and decision-making. Past ...

Mirror Neurons are a cluster of cells in our brains that fire both when you take an action, but also when you see someone ...