The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

New research has pinpointed specific brain regions that are altered in individuals with psychopathy—especially those with ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising sugar-related mechanism inside brain cells that could transform how we fight Alzheimer ...

Liz Chrastil, an associate professor of neurobiology and behavior at the UC Irvine Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, sought to change that. She had her own brain scanned 26 times ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps clinicians identify brain activity ...

How enduring mild physical discomfort helps the brain build new reference points for tolerance. If the thought of going to ...

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

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

The experts agreed that carnosic acid could potentially improve the inflammation that generally occurs in most aging brains. There are cautions however.

Cravings may feel impulsive, but new research suggests they’re often rooted in memory. Scientists have found that the brain encodes high-calorie foods in a way that can quietly influence what we ...