Brain tumors have long been treated as rogue invaders: growing, spreading, and resisting treatment on their own. But new ...

Deep inside the brain, every thought and memory begins with a burst of electrical activity. For years, scientists have tried ...

A study tracking thousands of neurons shows how the brain separates memory content from context to support flexible recall.

A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

The human brain must be able to link memory content to the circumstances in which it occurs. Researchers in Bonn have now discovered how the human brain uses two different groups of neurons to store ...

Scientists developed two new sensors that can detect brain cell communication in real time, tracking chemical messages ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover neurogenesis in adulthood (yes! your brain can make new neurons even as you age), the link between exercise and increased neurogenesis in the ...

Attention depends on the brain’s ability to filter out distractions, but new research suggests this works best when background brain activity is quieter. Scientists found that lowering certain ...