Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like telling a leaf apart from a rock. But they have struggled to build ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

As brain tumors grow, they must do one of two things: push against the brain or use finger-like extensions to invade and ...

A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain ...

It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau — a protein known to misbehave — plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the ...

The challenge now lies in integrating and interpreting all the different types of data, to understand the complexities of the ...

The model was treated daily with ethanol at a concentration of 0.03%—representative of moderate social drinking—for three weeks.

While trying to conceive, learning and memory researcher Liz Chrastil took an unusual step: She became her own subject in a study of how pregnancy changes the brain.

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

Digging deeper into the brain’s learning process Of course, understanding exactly how our brains learn is a tough task. However, research like this is slowly helping us connect the dots.