An algal protein helped scientists reactivate a fear memory in mice, turning light into a tool for testing what specific ...

For more than a century, neuroscientists have studied the human brain much as early cartographers mapped unknown lands: piecing together a vast landscape from scattered observations. Even today, ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, ...

Scientists at the University of Helsinki have discovered five distinct patterns of brain activity among people diagnosed with ...

The rapid-fire development of shiny new AI research tools is bombarding scientists with options to aid in aspects of their work. Amidst this hypercompetitive environment, the Consortium for Biomedical ...

Every day, your brain runs the same calculation: Take a risk or play it safe? Your gas tank might be low, but there's just enough to make it to work on time. Do you stop and risk being late? If you're ...

Yale scientists have uncovered how the stress hormone cortisol helps the brain turn emotional experiences into stronger, ...

The brain is two separate organs that work together, rather than a single unified unit, scientists at Stanford University have discovered. Researchers now think that at some time in human evolutionary ...

A recent study may reshape our understanding of brain evolution and open new avenues for studying neurological diseases.