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A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and disease. Cedars-Sinai researchers have identified a biological repair process ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new ...

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Scientists can finally hear the brain’s quietest messages—unlocking the hidden code behind how neurons think, decide, and ...

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal ...

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

The ideas presented in George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan's The Neural Mind are fascinating, but the writing is far less ...

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections and, as a result, in signal transmission between neurons.

With Christmas just days away, we look at inductees in the Toy Hall of Fame and the importance of play.

George Bailey dove into icy water to save an angel—and saved himself. Research explains why: Altruism activates the brain's ...