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

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions ...

Understanding how the human brain represents the information picked up by the senses is a longstanding objective of ...

"This gives us evidence that the goal of vision is to establish a 3D understanding of an object," said study senior author ...

The anatomy of the brain comes to life in these 3D images, revealing bright blue-and-red blood vessels, optic nerves crisscrossing on their way from the eyes to the brain, and other typically ...

Our stream of consciousness is a motley mixture of pains, tastes, images, noises, conversations, and perhaps most notably, the fragmented musings of an inner voice, commenting on, describing ...

Psychology is the science of the mind. The human mind is the most complex machine on Earth. It is the source of all thought and behaviour. How do psychologists study the mind? But how can we study ...

A better understanding of how the human brain represents objects that exist in nature, such as rocks, plants, animals, and so ...

Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? – Amreen, age 15, New Delhi, India The concept, cool yet maybe a little creepy, is known as mind uploading.

Researchers have demonstrated the use of AI-selected natural images and AI-generated synthetic images as neuroscientific tools for probing the visual processing areas of the brain. The goal is to ...

ANALYSIS: Neuroscientist Dobromir Rahnev on whether - one day - you’ll be able to upload yourself to a computer ...

My research addresses how genes influence human psychology and behavior. Here are some specific ways psychologists can use genetic conflict theory to better understand human behavior – and potentially ...