New research shows that our brain’s internal map rewrites itself every time we navigate a familiar environment.

Previous theories, most notably the Central Governor Model developed by researchers at the University of Cape Town and ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

Even though I’m 78 years old, my mind is still as productive as it ever was,” writes. Here’s his No. 1 secret to staying smart, mentally sharp, and curious.

A new package of papers examines the largest map yet of mammalian brain tissue. The map shows one cubic millimeter worth of neurons in the visual cortex of a mouse. Many brain functions ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from 'The Matrix,' scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off ...

Could this kind of mapping help scientists eventually find treatments for brain diseases? The researchers call it a foundational step, like how the Human Genome Project that provided the first gene ...