Sarah Mescall died from irreversible brain damage five days after she became unwell at her family home after sniffing the ...

Why do animals search for food at specific times of the day? In a study published in Current Biology, a research group led by ...

Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort. Now, brain scans and machine learning have for the first time pinpointed ...

Scientists at Monash University have created a tiny fluid-based chip that behaves like neural pathways of the brain, ...

Scientists have pinpointed Y1 receptor neurons in the brain that can override chronic pain signals when survival instincts like hunger or fear take precedence. Acting like a neural switchboard, these ...

Are the same technologies that promise to make us smarter making us less capable of the mental work that builds understanding ...

A new study shows the type of feedback a chatbot gives affects learning and brain activity. Reflective feedback boosts ...

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the ...

A new study reveals that intentional memory control—deciding what to remember or forget—is more powerful than emotional influence when forming long-term memories.

A good night's sleep has long been understood to help us consolidate new memories, but we don't understand how. Associations ...

The delivery of bad news does not have to be a nightmare scenario if done with intentionality, thoughtfulness, planning, and ...

Neurons in the brain communicate with each other through synapses—connection points that allow the passage of electrical and ...