From navigation to social behavior to personality, scientists are rewriting what it means to be a clever snake. Here’s what ...

Engineers are starting to build hardware that does not just run artificial intelligence, it behaves like a primitive form of ...

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal ...

Singapore has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, yet many individuals spend almost a decade in poor health ...

A smart solution to cognitive headwinds isn't to ignore them; it's to assume they're there and plan accordingly.

Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...

This important study reports three experiments examining how the subjective experience of task regularities influences perceptual decision-making. Although the evidence linking subjective ratings to ...

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

Carry-over effects pose an intriguing oneiric paradox: the dream is not real, but it has real effects on our body and emotions in the waking world.