Think your brain is too old to learn new tricks, let alone keep cognitive decline at bay? Think again. Research featured in ...

In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

In our day-to-day lives, we're constantly making a slew of decisions, from immediate matters to prospects on the far horizon.

A widely used artificial sweetener increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people ...

The human brain is the most advanced supercomputer in the world. It can simultaneously learn and adapt without the use of massive data centers like today's AI systems. This month, a team of engineers ...

According to study co-lead author Cheol Jun Cho, who is also a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

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.

Physics informs when impact to the head or a pane of glass occurs, there is a transfer of energy that reverberates and ...

BBC Global spoke with expert Elizabeth Toomarian to find out why the human brain has difficulty processing very large numbers ...

Worley was part of a team that showed how the loss of one of the two proteins used in the test disrupts synapses and leads to ...

Researchers have developed DELTA, a powerful new imaging method that maps brain-wide synaptic changes during learning.