Loss and dysfunction of synapses have been linked to age-related cognitive decline and observed in Alzheimer's and other ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

Understanding how your brain works won’t eliminate clutter overnight. But organizing systems that align with your natural ...

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more information as learning occurs.

How does the brain process the complex flood of visual inputs? A new study at the University of Konstanz on larval zebrafish gives answers, combining behavioural experiments, advanced brain imaging ...

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 ...

When you get better at a skill-recognizing a familiar face in a crowd, spotting a typo at a glance, or anticipating the next move in a game-sensory neurons in your brain become more coordinated, ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

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 ...