Researchers use statistics and math to understand how the brain works

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...
eLife

Gene specificity landscapes for comparative transcriptomic analysis across tissues, cell types, and species

This important study advances a new computational approach to measure and visualize gene expression specificity across different tissues and cell types. The framework is potentially helpful for ...
eLife

Speech is defined by theta-gamma coupled acoustic rhythms, mapped onto segregated populations in human early auditory cortex

This manuscript presents important findings that challenge traditional models of speech processing by demonstrating that theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in the auditory cortex is primarily a ...
Nature

Statistics articles from across Nature Portfolio

Statistics is the application of mathematical concepts to understanding and analysing large collections of data. A central tenet of statistics is to describe the variations in a data set or population ...

New data show TikTok engagement as a key indicator of long-term box office success

New data shows opening weekend matters less as TikTok buzz drives long-term box office. Studios and theaters are leaning into the trend as the industry rebounds from pandemic losses, strikes and ...