MIT neuroscientists have identified an oscillatory circuit that controls the rhythmic movement of mouse whiskers.
Online gaming and other types of online social interaction have become increasingly popular during the pandemic, and increased remote working and investments in social technology will likely see this trend continue.
Fruit fly study reveals a thermometer brain circuit promoting midday siesta on hot days
By tracking feedback during tasks, the anterior cingulate cortex notices when a new step has become necessary and signals the motor cortex to adjust.
Young people’s mental health has not been affected by the two corona lockdowns, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new method for studying age-related brain disorders.
Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has isolated the changes in pain-related brain activity that follow mindfulness training — pointing a way toward more targeted and precise pain treatment.
Using digital devices, such as smartphones, could help improve memory skills rather than causing people to become lazy or forgetful, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Self-reflection is positively associated with cognition late in life as well as glucose metabolism, a marker of brain health, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
You might think it was a typical therapy session at a long-term care facility.
‘These work requirements harm people with no measurable benefit to the economy’
Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says.
Children hold stereotypical views that ‘brilliance’ is a male trait, and this belief strengthens as they grow up to the age of twelve, researchers from Singapore and the United States have reported.
Studying speakers of 45 languages, neuroscientists found similar patterns of brain activation and language selectivity.
Nerve cells regulate and routinely refresh the collection of calcium channels that enable them to send messages across circuit connections.
The size of our primary visual cortex and the amount of brain tissue we have dedicated to processing visual information can predict how well we can see, a new study shows.
You may think that a good night’s sleep should be uninterrupted.
Newly identified brain circuits may point to more effective pain therapies.
Parkinson's disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects nearly 1 million people in the United States, and more than 10 million worldwide.
Findings suggest HIV drug could combat middle-age memory loss