Have you ever noticed how certain lines from a textbook linger in your mind long after you’ve shut it, while others vanish ...

A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.

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Every time we smile, grimace, or flash a quick look of surprise, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating ...

O n Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

Humans respond to environments that change at many different speeds. A video game player, for example, reacts to on-screen ...

Genetics, audio processing and environment can all impact how our brains connect sounds to the symbols we use to read ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows sex-based differences, with women being more at risk. However, the origin ...

This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...