A layer deep in the cerebral cortex, which is the innermost layer of the mammalian brain, has recently been found to play a ...

To shed new light on the contribution of different brain regions and neural circuits to specific mental functions, ...

The prefrontal cortex region of the human brain is responsible for a range of complex functions from decision-making to certain types of memory. When something goes wrong in this part of the brain, it ...

Most people recognize Alzheimer's from its devastating symptoms such as memory loss, while new drugs target pathological ...

How People Born Without Hands Reveal Brain Flexibility Georgetown scientists show the brain organizes motor functions by actions, not only by body parts.

To understand our brains, there is no insight more fundamental than this: The mind is modular (LeDoux, 2003). This means the brain is not one single, unitary entity but an amalgamation of different ...

Researchers suspect energy failures in brain “power plants” may explain why memory pathways collapse so early in Alzheimer’s.

Virginia Tech researchers are investigating how overloaded mitochondria in the brain’s memory circuits may spark early ...

But a new ultrasound helmet might be able to precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without the need for surgery, ...

The spinal cord is the control cable that connects the brain to the rest of the body. If it is severed, people lose the ability to move their body below the site of the injury. But if it is only ...

We may think about our closest friends and family using different parts of the brain than we do for the rest of our social circle, brain scans suggest. The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still ...

That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that’s gaining traction - and is ...