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

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Neuroscientist Kamilla Souza is bringing the study of whale and dolphin brains to her home country of Brazil. Now there's a team of Brazilian scientists intent on understanding the marine mammals.

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 ...

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Tamra Judge announced that Teddi Mellencamp will be taking time off from their 'Two T's in a Pod' podcast after undergoing ...

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In the first episode of The Deep End Podcast, we meet Jon Nelson, who shares why he volunteered to get brain implants for his relentless depression.

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What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...

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