Many sexual assault victims also suffer a form of brain damage, reveals new research. Previous studies have shown that around ...

Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers show that the Homer1 gene plays a critical role in shaping attention ...

Attention depends on the brain’s ability to filter out distractions, but new research suggests this works best when ...

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...

An image from the research shows axons from neurons in the ACA (red) and ORB (green) innervating the visual cortex, targeting discrete layers. Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT ...

A mouse model displaying depression-like behaviors was established by exposing animals to chronic variable stress (left). A multi-omics approach was then applied, using high-resolution mass ...