Speaking is one of the most complicated things a human can do. Before you even say a word, your brain has to translate what you want to say into a perfectly sequenced set of instructions to the dozens ...

Artificial intelligence is starting to do more than transcribe what we say. By learning to read the brain’s own electrical chatter, it is beginning to expose the hidden steps our neurons take as they ...

Marking a breakthrough in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco has unlocked a way to restore naturalistic speech for people with ...

Large language models, often called LLMs, usually help write emails, answer questions, and summarize documents. A new neuroscience study suggests they may also hint at how your own brain understands ...

Scientists have developed brain implants that can decode internal speech — identifying words that two people spoke in their minds without moving their lips or making a sound. Although the technology ...

Recruiting people whose speech is limited by neurological injury or disease The implants, instead of being stimulative, will "listen" as people try to speak Sophisticated algorithms would turn signals ...

Brain activity during speech follows a layered timing pattern that matches large language model steps, showing how meaning builds gradually.

This post is part one of a series. Speaking feels like the most natural thing in the world. You think a thought, open your mouth, and words tumble out in perfect sequence. Yet this apparent simplicity ...