Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

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 ...

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...

Princeton scientists uncover how brain cells coordinate decisions, offering insight into mental health and cognitive function.

New research into the way the brain learns could help us better understand how our brains pick up new information and process ...

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

New research reveals that the brain may be learning even during unstructured, aimless exploration. By recording activity in ...

We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Die-hard hockey fans process games in ways that would be completely foreign to casual viewers, according to brain activity ...