Many people think of the brain like a computer: A new one, right out of the box, is lightning fast with tons of memory. But as they get older, computers slow and inevitably break down. The brain isn’t ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend recommended or read the latest world news, your brain stores ...

EPFL researchers have developed a powerful method to generate brain-wide, biologically realistic wiring maps of the mouse brain. Their approach bridges experimental data with mathematical and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) William Wright, University of California, San Diego and Takaki Komiyama, University of ...