A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making—is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

Hearing just 16 seconds of music helps your brain predict what comes next, shaping memory, emotion, and how songs make sense.

Digital engagement is neither inherently benign nor uniformly harmful among young people. Later in life, it can fortify specific cognitive skills through intentional practice.

Astrocytes are the most common type of cell in the brain and are generally understood to help connect neurons together across the nervous system. The study shows they play a key role in learning and ...

The results showed that expert bird-watchers had structural brain differences compared with novices, regardless of age. The ...

Over a decade ago, Tinsley Galyean, PhD ’95, joined colleagues at the MIT Media Lab (where he was then working as an ...

Being an expert birdwatcher may alter the structure and function of your brain. And these changes may enhance cognition even ...

We like to think we are the lead actors in our lives, but we’re often just reading lines from a shadow script written by our past selves.

Astrocytes use the MEGF10 receptor to prune synapses in the striatum, a process essential for dopamine-driven motor learning.

When we learn a new motor skill—whether mastering a piano passage or refining balance while walking—the brain must reorganize the circuits that control movement. For decades, this process of synaptic ...

Traditionally, well-being is considered an employee benefit, a perk. It’s a gym subsidy, healthy snacks in breakrooms, flexible work arrangements, wellness days, a standing desk or ergonomic office ...