In his new book, Michael W. Cole examines how the movement of neuronal activity between neural populations shapes free will, intelligence and creativity.

Pruning method: Many neurons in the prenatal brain are rife with copy number variants, most of which are eliminated before birth or shortly thereafter, a new study reports. Investigators conducted ...

Michael Cole is professor of neuroscience and psychology at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University-Newark, where he directs the Cole Neurocognition Laboratory. His ...

The effort seeks to train the model on data that scientists plan to collect over five years—but questions about its utility and feasibility remain.