While the brain is commonly known to work for and store memories, a new study showed that other parts of the body can also st ...

It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...

The data the team had access to represent an average of the subjects’ brain activity, so future research could look to map ...

Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human brain functions during ... The majority of studies on the brain’s functional networks have been based on fMRI scans of people at rest.

This process examines how learning, ageing, mental illness, and brain diseases physically alter the brain’s structure. Researchers are using brain mapping to create a comprehensive understanding of ...

Shortly after 2 a.m. on a Saturday in a midtown Manhattan sports bar packed with Aussies, Dr. Tom Oxley was feeling stunned.

A man labeled "brain dead" has become the first ever to recover from an extreme form of locked-in syndrome which rendered him ...

Recent technological advances are allowing neuroscientists to map the human brain with increasing precision, highlighting ...

If this presidential cycle has unified us on anything, it might be that cognitive decline is a hard thing to talk about. It ...

Meet Figaro, a Goffin’s cockatoo. He taught himself how to turn cardboard into a tool. Birds, it turns out, are actually ...

As this field progresses, the potential for more personalized, responsive approaches to brain health and well-being will only grow, paving the way for improved quality of life and a deeper ...