In 1943, a pair of neuroscientists were trying to describe how the human nervous system works when they accidentally laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. In their mathematical framework ...

A recent publication in Nature Machine Intelligence really got me thinking. In this study, researchers created an artificial system that not only simulates but also behaves like our brain. This ...

A sweeping new analysis of more than 4,000 brain scans reveals that our brains’ neural networks don’t simply mature and then decline; they reorganize through a series of distinct life-stage “epochs,” ...

Special Operations veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and posttraumatic stress disorder experienced notable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. The brain is unimaginably complex. Google and Harvard recently announced ...

Brain development in mice suggests that our brains pare down neural connections as they mature.

Gut bacteria play a major role in human health, influencing everything from digestion to immunity and mood. Yet the scale and complexity of data relating to the microbiome and a series of complex ...