neuroscience

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The Cognitive Copernicus proposes a theoretical reorientation of how neurodivergent cognition is understood within institutional and computational environments. The work advances the argument that contemporary computational systems can function as mechanisms of temporal translation, enabling alignment between nonlinear cognitive processing and structurally linear institutional time. Drawing from …

Scientists have taken a major step toward safely freezing and reviving brain tissue by preventing the microscopic damage normally caused by ice crystals. What if living tissue could be frozen for years, or even decades, and later revived without losing its function? Scientists searching for ways to make this possible have turned to an unlikely [...]

BackgroundTourette syndrome (TS) has traditionally been conceptualized as a movement disorder characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics. However, growing evidence suggests that tic generation involves complex interactions between neural, physiological, and psychological processes, particularly the role of premonitory urges (PU).ObjectiveThis paper aims to develop an integrative model of t…

The vagus nerve connects the brain to major organs throughout the body and plays important roles in many bodily functions.

People with a rare genetic disorder that damages the amygdala are helping neuroscientists rethink how the brain shapes fear, trust and concern for others

Obesity may worsen Alzheimer’s disease through fat molecules that send harmful signals to the brain, but targeting those molecules could offer a new path for intervention. Alzheimer’s disease is often viewed as a disorder that begins and ends in the brain. But growing evidence suggests the disease may also be shaped by what happens throughout [...]

Recent MA graduate Annika Herlant presented earlier this month at the 190th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, hosted in Philadelphia. She presented a poster: "English speakers learn to use F1 as a place cue in perception of Arabic post-velar consonants" The post Annika Herlant at Acoustical Society of America 190 appeared first on Department of Linguistics .

Brain imaging reveals that young women who self-harm possess a distinct neurological vulnerability online. Unlike healthy peers, their brain's reward centers become highly engaged by negative comments, a trait that correlates with problematic social media use.

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02285-1 By combining magnetoencephalography and eye tracking, this study sheds light on why people fixate on some parts of natural scenes longer than others. Rather than visual complexity, fixation durations are affected by memory encoding.

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02314-z Lozano et al. show that REM sleep is gated by low-dimensional brainstem network dynamics, in which opposing neuron populations across the midbrain and pons determine when transitions into REM sleep can occur.

This paper proposes a functional framework for understanding consciousness and life that applies equally to biological organisms, artificial systems, and any sufficiently complex self-maintaining motivated system. The central claim is that consciousness is not a mystical or binary property but an emergent feature of systems that possess genuine needs and wants, where needs are persistent internal…

This work introduces the concept of AI computational systems as temporal translation technology for neurodivergent cognition. It addresses the systemic velocity mismatch between the vertical processing structures of neurodivergent intelligence and the linear, administrative time constructs embedded within formal institutional frameworks. By framing artificial intelligence as a cognitive prosthesi…

BackgroundMost studies on social exclusion adopt virtual paradigms focusing on unilateral responses, while neglecting real-world face-to-face interaction and its neural basis. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning allows recording of interpersonal neural synchronization (INS) during dyadic interaction, providing a novel approach for investigating interpersonal cooperation.Me…

ObjectiveTo compare left vs. right steep turns in terms of workload-related neurophysiological signatures using electroencephalogram (EEG) and machine learning.MethodsThirty-seven flight cadets performed one left and one right steep turn in an SR20 desktop flight simulator while a 32-channel EEG (Emotiv EPOC Flex 32) was recorded. From 2-s sliding windows (50% overlap), 800 features per window we…

Nature, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01619-0 Neuroscience needs to stop treating the brain as if it is a computer.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-54785-6 Lightweight deep learning model for nonconvulsive status epilepticus diagnosis using EEG time–frequency analysis

Nature Communications, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73053-9 In drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy, thalamo–cortical synchrony in the first 20 seconds after seizure onset is stronger in clinical than electrographic seizures, highlighting network engagement as a key driver of seizure symptoms.

IntroductionFibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder with unclear neuroanatomical basis, as previous studies largely relied on volumetric measures insensitive to cortical surface morphology. This multi-parametric surface-based morphometry study examined cortical thickness (CT), fractal dimension (FD), gyrification index (GI), and sulcal depth (SD) in FM.MethodsThirty-three female FM patients …