A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.' ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

Scientists have developed a geometric deep learning method that can create a coherent picture of neuronal population activity during cognitive and motor tasks across experimental subjects and ...

Cambridge researchers are developing implants to help repair brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease. As part of a £69 ...

A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.

A new study suggests that creativity maps onto a common brain circuit and that injury and neurological disease have the ...

Last week the government cut “indirect costs” to universities and medical centers, which cover shared resources like ...

Published in Science, the study in mice could have implications ... to study the suppression of fear responses. Based on ...

As organizations look for ways to create high-performing teams, The Social Brain provides evidence-based strategies that ...

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

Researchers at CU Anschutz are studying the effect of psychedelic mushrooms on patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Scientists restore a key Alzheimer’s pathway, revealing a potential new treatment by targeting harmful oxysterol buildup.