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Machine learning, which is the basis for most commercial artificial-intelligence systems, is intrinsically probabilistic.

Current methods to check for increased pressure in a patient’s brain are invasive. One widely used technique is to drill a hole in the skull to insert a catheter or sensor into the brain tissue.

A team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has now identified a different CRISPR system with the potential for even simpler and more precise genome engineering.

When you remember a particular experience, that memory has three critical elements — what, when, and where.

About 8 million Americans suffer from nightmares and flashbacks to a traumatic event.

In 2011, MIT neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe and colleagues reported that in blind adults, brain regions normally dedicated to vision processing instead participate in language tasks such as speech and comprehension.

We are creatures of habit, nearly mindlessly executing routine after routine. Some habits we feel good about; others, less so.

For patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD), current behavioral and pharmaceutical treatments work about half the time.

Here’s a quick task: Take a look at the sentences below and decide which is the most effective.  

(1) “John threw out the old trash sitting in the kitchen.”

George Adelman, noted neuroscience editor, died June 26 due to complications of an injury after a fall. He was 89 years old.