New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the ...

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain ...

A one millimeter worm is helping scientists rethink what controls the pace of aging. By tracing how its tiny brain senses the world and broadcasts hormonal commands, researchers are starting to see ...

Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

We all spend our days thinking, solving problems, making choices, learning new things, yet most of us rarely pause to examine ...

The posterior cingulate cortex and the thalamus showed decreased participation in whole-brain connectivity (magenta), while the right angular gyrus exhibited increased participation in whole-brain ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a ...

In a previous mouse study, the same research team found a protein in the brain called Rap1, which impacted how glucose is ...