The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown cluster of brain cells that may help explain differences in social behavior ...

Recent research challenges the popular idea that general intelligence relies on the brain’s overall efficiency or “small-world” architecture. A new study demonstrates that broad, whole-brain measures ...

Imagine being able to inscribe a new pattern of activity into a person's brain that would allow for faster learning, or better treatment of psychiatric and developmental disorders such as depression ...

A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...

Researchers report that they have successfully tested a novel approach for teaching the human brain to learn through external manipulation and neural feedback -- what they call the 'sculpting' of ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

How does your brain wake up from sleep? A study of more than 1,000 arousals from slumber has revealed precisely how the brain bestirs itself during the transition to alertness — a finding that might ...