A new noninvasive neurostimulation technique capable of reaching deep regions of the brain has been used to elucidate the ...

A nasal spray using extracellular vesicles can reduce brain inflammation, restore cell function, and improve cognition, ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old proteins onto other brain cells. Many of those proteins are involved in brain ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

The human brain, often hailed as nature’s most powerful computer, is surprisingly slow when it comes to handling information. While our senses gather a mountain of data every second, our actual ...

The human brain is a marvel of nature, a labyrinth of neurons and synapses that dictates every aspect of our behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Yet, despite its critical role in our lives, it remains ...

A research team has uncovered a fundamental principle of how the brain prioritizes vision and hearing differently depending on whether we are still or in motion. The study provides new insights into ...

In a paper just published in Psychological Review, we argue that our imagination sculpts the images we see in our mind’s eye ...

In these animal models, pups exposed to rough care process maternal cues aberrantly. Instead of the mother’s presence calming the pup’s fear circuitry, it can increase activity in areas of the brain ...

If our brain keeps ringing that alarm far after the threat has passed, however, our pain can become chronic. Sometimes our ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...