Neuroscientists have carefully studied how synapses only have access to their own “local” information, yet collectively they ...

How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house become encoded in our brains? The broad answer is that our brains undergo ...

REM stages and one REM stage. Ideally, you repeatedly cycle through each stage. Learn how long each stage lasts.

Future prosocial acts can be forecasted from stable biological differences in how people perceive others' merit, pointing to novel strategies to reduce favoritism and discrimination in social ...

A study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, while inhibitory processes increase as children get older. The findings are ...

After a rare brain disease left him with half a brain, 5-year-old Beckett Murray is defying the odds and inspiring Fort Wayne with his recovery.