An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised ...

How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a ...

In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining cognitive health is more important than ever. As we age, it’s common to experience memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, and a general decline in mental ...

What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn't just hear it-it ...

The human brain processes spoken language in a step-by-step sequence that closely matches how large language models transform ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make ...

Neuroscientists have set up computer frameworks that can help model individual brain dynamics. The complexity of the human brain -- 86 billion neurons strong with more than 100 trillion connections -- ...

Let's take a trip into the mind of artificial intelligence (AI). With the emerging ubiquity of AI, large language models (LLMs) have garnered attention for their uncanny ability to generate human-like ...