Top members of the team behind Apple Inc.’s Face ID are launching a startup to develop technology to help robots see better ...

In the spring of 1995, Nancy Kanwisher was granted access to the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. After making little headway using the ...

How consciousness emerges in the brain is the ultimate mystery. Scientists generally agree that consciousness relies on multiple brain regions working in tandem. But the areas and neural connections ...

Brain scientists looked inside the open skulls of 16 epilepsy patients and tracked how a thought develops and moves.

Social feedback shapes human behavior and self-perception in profound ways. New research suggests that the personality trait ...

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...

A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a ...

Anxiety distorts perceptions of threat, magnifying worry. New findings suggest a diet tweak that can help sufferers.

Reality isn't what you think it is. Everyday experience suggests that our senses inform us about what’s going on in the world around us. But recent advances in cognitive neuroscience suggest that we ...

Feeling warm or cold doesn’t just register on the skin—it changes how connected we feel to our own bodies. Research shows ...