The brain’s memory center may begin life more like a crowded web than an empty canvas. Researchers discovered that early ...

New research on popular fish oil supplements challenges the potential benefits for certain patients, particularly when it ...

Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

The rapid ascent of large-scale artificial intelligence has provided neuroscience with a new set of powerful tools for modeling complex cognitive functions.

Researchers at Leipzig University have gained important insights into learning mechanisms in the brain of the fruit fly ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between simple body movement and brain health: every time you tighten your ...

Study authors Hunter Schweiger (left) and Ash Robbins. Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small ...

Discover how your brain "cleans" itself at night, and why researchers say sleeping a certain way could play a role.

By David Kirton SHENZHEN, April 30 (Reuters) - An American scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments ...

When we look for something moving in the sky, our expectation would be very different if the object is a bird flying past or a baseball coming straight at us. UC Davis scientists in a new study looked ...

Amanda Erickson is a news editor at STAT. For her new research on the brain’s plumbing system, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard had to hone many techniques. Among them — coaxing her lab mice into ...

A new type of brain implant may have implications for both brain research and future treatments of neurological diseases such as epilepsy. Researchers from DTU, the University of Copenhagen, ...