Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

This work presents potentially important findings suggesting that a combination of transcranial stimulation approaches applied for a short period could improve memory performance after administration.

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...