For centuries, we’ve explored this question, sometimes with very biased answers. Find out what modern research says about brain size and IQ.

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

Aron Barbey, the Andrew J. McKenna Family Professor of Psychology in Notre Dame’s Department of Psychology, is also the director of the Notre Dame Human Neuroimaging Center and the Decision ...

To this day, in the known universe, only one example exists of a system capable of general-purpose intelligence. That system ...

A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image.

When the brain is under pressure, certain neural signals begin to move in sync – much like a well-rehearsed orchestra. A new study from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is the first to show ...

The ‘lazy’ habit you judge too quickly may actually reveal a sharper, more efficient mind. Here’s what these behaviors say ...

We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. ―Darwin Compared with other mammals, human beings have large brains and access to types of intelligence that other animals ...

We all know the feeling of having an “Aha!” moment—when your thoughts and ideas seem to flow without friction or viscosity and come together in a millisecond of perfect harmony. Having an epiphany is ...

After a stroke, the brain may do something surprisingly hopeful—it can “refresh” parts of itself. Researchers analyzing brain scans from over 500 stroke survivors found that while the damaged side of ...