Once in the hippocampus, memories and learning can be transmitted to different parts of the brain and retrieved whenever ...

How does your brain instantly know how to move through new places? A new study helps explain the science behind your internal ...

Scientists have discovered that forming a mental map of a new environment takes more than just recognizing individual ...

New research uncovers why acute pain fades but chronic pain lingers—revealing how the brain's pain-regulating system breaks down and pointing to new treatment possibilities.

For the first time, a lab-grown brain-computer system has demonstrated that human neurons living and evolving in an ...

New research reveals how synaptic connections in the cerebral cortex can strengthen during sleep, offering insight into how ...

Neuralink’s long-term vision is to develop a whole-brain interface capable of reading from and writing to neurons throughout ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

In the cerebral cortex, numerous neurons exchange information through junctions known as synapses. The strength of each ...

People have long suspected that rest can bring answers to tough questions. Paul McCartney said the melody of “Yesterday” came ...

A midbrain structure responsible for eye movement has been discovered that also plays a key role in cognitive perception and ...