Using a novel technology for obtaining recordings from single neurons, a team of investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, discovered a microscopic “thesaurus” that reflects how word meanings are represented by neurons in the human brain. The research, which is published in Nature, opens the door to understanding how humans comprehend language and provides insights that could be used to help individuals with medical conditions that affect speech. “Humans possess an exceptional ability to extract nuanced meaning through language—when we Read More