A new study using intracranial recordings in humans reveals that the thalamus, particularly its higher-order regions, plays a central role in triggering conscious perception.

Neurons communicate with each other by passing millisecond-long signals across tiny junctions called synapses. Experiences ...

Although we know a lot about the brain and what it does, we still have much left to learn about the most complex organ in the ...

New results help address a longstanding debate regarding which learning strategies allow animals to anticipate negative events based on past associations between sensory stimuli.

Moreover, these context-dependent, relative representations become more pronounced along the pathway from the parietal to the ...

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...

They were in the temporal lobe, a large part of cortex located approximately behind the ear. In the primate brain , this area ...

This study investigated the neural mechanisms involved in feelings of interpersonal guilt and responsibility evoked by social decisions. In two studies (one during fMRI) ...

(NEXSTAR) – New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems. Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U.S ...

The parts of the brain needed to remember words have been identified. Those areas are affected by a common form of epilepsy, say scientists. A team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at University ...

Universal Music Group is requesting to dismiss Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the label over Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster song “Not Like Us,” saying in a legal filing that the ...

Instead, it left judges laughing. Sophie Powers, from Canada, performed a song called “STFU.” The lyrics mostly consist of telling different people to “shut the [expletive] up.” “I had a ...