A millisecond delay in the speed of nerve impulses from the legs of a jogger can lead to a loss of balance with the potential ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without dividing the mind.

Experts looked deep inside the human mind and found a hidden door they cannot explain ...

Forget the hype about AI "solving" human cognition, new research suggests unified models like Centaur are just overfitted "black boxes" that fail to understand basic instructions.

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

What Makes Us Human? is a biweekly column from Emi Sakamoto ’28. Sakamoto investigates the question to better understand human-centered meaning in the midst of a rapidly evolving artificial landscape.

Can an AI truly think like a human? A model named Centaur, which can mimic human performance on 160 cognitive tasks, is now under scrutiny. Recent research suggests it may not genuinely understand the ...