Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly ...

When laboratory mice suffer brain damage, e.g., from an injection, research group leader Jan Deussing has observed that a ...

Scientists mapped brain activity across the day and found the same neurons create completely different networks depending on ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." New research finds you’re more likely to zone out when you’re tired. Scientists tracked exactly what ...

This protective layer allows signals to pass between cells incredibly quickly. But what happens when this layer goes missing ...

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...

Whether you are heading to bed or seeking a midnight snack, you don't need to turn on the lights to know where you are as you walk through your house at night.

New research shows that the brain uses built-in molecular timers to decide which memories last longer and which ones fade more quickly.

By analyzing over 213,000 developing human brain cells, researchers show that many autism risk genes act through the ECM.

Silence is a double-edged sword. On many occasions we need a few moments of it to concentrate, relax or connect with ...