The brain will try to create a world in which it can function. If it is to survive, it will build its functions "in a new environment." It will compensate for everything it can and learn everything it ...

It turns out your brain has a longer memory than you might think, especially when it comes to sleep. A groundbreaking study has revealed that the quality of your sleep from up to two weeks ago can ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

You’ve probably heard the old canard that new brain cells simply stop forming as we become adults. But research out today is the latest to show that this isn’t really true. Scientists in Sweden led ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...