A tiny region Locus Coeruleus located in your brainstem, acts like a powerful memory reset button. It's pivotal for forming ...

The “missing link” helps adults grow new neurons—something long thought to end after childhood—and that discovery could lead ...

The aim of the experiment was to accurately identify the location in the brain where the processes of learning, memory, and problem-solving occur (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015).

A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

Scientists in Austria are studying live human brain cells and comparing them to those of mice. Their findings raise new ...

Brain researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have detailed temporary reductions in gray matter following prolonged ...

New research shows that our brain’s internal map rewrites itself every time we navigate a familiar environment.

New research shows how the brain replays and organizes memories, even compressing long experiences into short, fixed-length ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists have found that the brain's internal GPS changes each time we navigate a familiar, static environment.

In recent years, some scientists and advocates have warned that playing contact sports like football and hockey may increase ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists found the brain's internal GPS changes each time we navigate a ...