The brain’s neuronal diversity and networked complexity is lost in artificial neural networks. But computational neuroscientists — experts on both brains and computers — say that’s OK. Although the ...

“All of a sudden, after 50 years, you lose that routine.” There’s this idea that the body and brain adapt when they’re “no longer needed,” he added. “That’s when you see the ...

These data, he argues, mean that researchers need to go back to the drawing board to explain why good sleep reduces a person’s risk of dementia. Amid this challenge to the prevailing brain ...