Nagoya University researchers found that excessive neuronal activation, not decreased activity, drives age-related cognitive ...

But the performance of the technology—how easily and accurately a BCI user’s thoughts move a cursor, for example—is limited ...

Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions—from the least consequential, such ...

Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological ...

Explore the science behind why we always have room for dessert, even after a full meal, and the brain's sugar cravings.

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

Research reveals how lifestyle choices impact memory formation and retention, offering insights into preventing brain decline.

A flair of energy in the brain in a dying patient who had “no blood pressure” or “heart rate” could be evidence of the “soul ...

Researchers have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain's activity related to visual perception as geometric patterns. They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal ...

It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the ...

New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

They concluded that the way the cortex is wired, with loops of connected neurons, makes novelty detection an automatic ...