Mind·3 min read

Intelligence emerges when the whole brain works as one

By InsideWellness Editorial · March 3, 2026

Originally published by ScienceDaily Intelligence.

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system? Researchers at the University of Notre Dame now suggest that intelligence doesn’t live in one “smart” region of the brain at all

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