The environment experienced by young zebrafish influences both the shape and electrical activity of the neurons in the eye, which affects subsequent behavior.

Rather than having distinct departments for blindness, paralysis and sensory disorders, scientists are developing a unified ...

Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking ...

Is there really such a thing as human nature? The answer lies between two old extremes, and getting it right shapes how we face AI, authoritarianism, and climate.

Single neurons in mouse sensorimotor cortex are organized by their activity features into distinct subpopulations with area-spanning footprints whose boundaries align closely with anatomical and ...

Recent theoretical and empirical work on predictive processing and brain plasticity may help explain both the onset of and ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing ...

Much like camera settings—filters, flashes and focus—affect what we notice in a final photo, the way scientists measure ...

Summary: New research utilized advanced, simultaneous EEG-fMRI tracking to prove that the brain does not run a single process ...

Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account ...

A new study analyzes fMRI data from 772 people to uncover 17 new language regions across the cerebellum and hippocampus.

Recent discoveries have reignited excitement and curiosity in the scientific community, suggesting the possible existence of parallel universes. Scientists are delving into evidence and theories ...