A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

Tree structures have been widely used to model intelligent behavior, such as reasoning, problem-solving, and language ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

The UBC team's research, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, dubbed the highly-specialized neurons ...

3.3 million worldwide die each year from alcohol World Health Organization Science has been more successful in charting what goes awry in the addicted brain than in devising ways to fix it.

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Two studies published in the latest issue of Science have revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor.

Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies ...