The brain creates internal 'maps' to help us navigate and learn from our surroundings, but how these maps form remains a challenge to understand. Now, a study led by Liset M. de la Prida at the Cajal ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan recently carried out a study investigating the possibility that some cognitive functions, such as working memory processes, are also influenced by similar ...

Researchers used AI and deep learning to find a link between brain structure and navigation skills but found no measurable ...

Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and the University of Tokyo have found a mathematical ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

New research suggests Intelligence may emerge from how the brain’s networks work together rather than a single “intelligence ...

Nerve cells in the brain are constantly bombarded with information from different senses simultaneously. How can the brain prioritize what is most important?