Think you see the world as it is? Think again. The brain’s shortcuts make us efficient—but also deeply biased.

Learning new information about the world—like details from a fantasy realm—engages brain regions distinct from those used to ...

Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them create one of the most detailed maps of the mouse brain to date.

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain ...

Neuroscientists there found that when people learn a new motor skill, their brains don’t just generally “consolidate” the memory during sleep. Instead, the brain sends targeted bursts of activity ...

Neurologists say this simple type of training could counteract up to 10 years' worth of "age-related declines." ...

Cornell University researchers and collaborators have developed a neural implant so small that it can rest on a grain of salt ...

The areas most affected by atrophy are the hippocampus, where the cells start declining and shrink (plays role in memory); the front lobe (judgement and everyday decision making); and temporal lobe ...

The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...