It was on November 27, 1895, that one of the world’s most prestigious awards, the Nobel Prize, was established by Alfred ...

The human brain is not a hard-wired machine but a malleable organ that is regularly re-shaping itself. Neuroscientists at the ...

Memories are initially formed in the hippocampus, but the thalamus is a key next step in the relay that is important for ...

The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across ...

The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent ...

Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

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