"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2024, “brain rot” was the Oxford word of the year. They defined it as “the supposed deterioration of a ...

Researchers identify a neural "fingerprint" in the brain that predicts how accurately we can size up the intentions and strategies of others.

Your brain can spot AI voices even when you can't. New research shows neural activity picks up deepfake tells that your conscious mind misses completely.

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully ...

Read this if you’re feeling stuck in a scroll and crash cycle. Excessive screen time can lead to “brain rot,” a mental fog that dulls focus, memory, and reward sensitivity. Reversing this decline ...

Researchers have created one of the most detailed virtual mouse cortex simulations ever achieved by combining massive biological datasets with the extraordinary power of Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer.

As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational ...

Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what ...

Oxford’s Word of the Year in 2024—has now collided with hard data. A 2025 peer‑reviewed review in Brain Sciences describes ...