Recordings from 112 epilepsy patients link specific amygdala neurons to later image recognition, suggesting a broader role ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The human brain is often described as one of biology's greatest mysteries. Researchers at Stanford have found evidence that the ...

What happens when scientists start changing the brain—the very system through which an animal's mental states are expressed in behavior?

Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy. Ethicists ask if it changes how these mice should be treated.

A new USC-led study links abnormal immature astroglia, star-shaped cells that support brain function, to lower fluid ...

For almost a century, psychologists and neuroscientists have been trying to understand how humans memorize different types of information, ranging from knowledge or facts to the recollection of ...

As we age, it is not uncommon for anyone to experience moments where a name does not come to mind immediately or to forget ...

A resting-state fMRI analysis links higher BMI to poorer working memory and reduced efficiency of synergistic information ...