Neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports learning and the encoding of ...

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that ...

Neurons that track which direction an animal faces can hold their firing patterns steady for months, even as other brain ...

Researchers at Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science identified a pair of neurons that integrate sweet and bitter ...

Living brain tissue can now be made transparent, helping scientists see deeper neurons while keeping cells active.

Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...

The cost of brain power. The post Staff at New Data Center Powered by Human Brain Cells Need to Swap Out Cerebrospinal Fluid ...

A newly identified role for the neuronal MPS shows it controls nutrient uptake by acting as a gatekeeper. Its disruption ...

For people with eczema, stress can trigger flare-ups and worsen their itchy rashes. Now, researchers have identified a ...

Analysis of lost photos reveals structural anomalies in Einstein’s brain that may explain his extraordinary mathematical and visual abilities.