AI models are trained to optimize outputs, but in educating children, the process is the point. If we assess children only in ...

Mary Shelley was challenged by Lord Byron to write a ghost story during a summer of “incessant rainfall” on Lake Geneva in ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered how a cluster of thalamic neurons links physical pain to emotional trauma, ...

Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

Biological components are less reliable than electrical ones, and rather than instantaneously receive the incoming signals, the signals arrive with a variety of delays. This forces the brain to cope ...

New research highlights how astrocytes, long considered mere support cells, actively shape brain network dynamics.

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are ...

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells - non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons - are finally stepping into ...

Key takeawaysA new study that compares biological brains with artificial intelligence systems analyzed the neural network patterns that emerged during ...

A new class of “living computers” powered by real biological neurons is being developed, offering a radically ...