Max Planck scientists in Göttingen have for the first time made finest details of nerve cells in the brain of...
Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds. Researchers have long known that specific...
As they try to find the best reward among options, some people explore based on how uncertain they are about...
Humans move between ‘patches’ in their memory using the same strategy as bees flitting between flowers for pollen or birds...
In a 2008 paper on neuroeconomics, economist George Loewenstein said: “Whereas psychologists tend to view humans as fallible and sometime...
The new approach could have implications for many genetic diseases. While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that...
Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor. The notion of a pain switch is an alluring idea, but is it realistic? Well,...
Stowers researchers present a new model for how the brain is organized to process odor information. Just like a road...
A first-of-its kind series of brain studies shows how an adult learning a foreign language can come to use the...
The first atlas of the surface of the human brain based upon genetic information has been produced by a national...
Scans reveal astonishingly simple 3D grid structure. The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New...
The part of the brain we use when engaging in egalitarian behavior may also be linked to a larger sense...
