Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...
How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It explores how physical components, such as neurons and their connections, give rise ...
What if Sigmund Freud was onto something that modern neuroscience is only now beginning to explain? A new paper argues that ...
“Complex processes are going on in the brain when we sleep,” says Dr Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. According to her, a more precise ...
Our brains are constantly looking for ways to make our lives easier. When a behavior leads to something rewarding, the brain ...
We talk about time at work as if it’s a fixed resource: something outside of us and something we either “manage well” or “never have enough of.” People genuinely believe the clock is the problem. But ...
UAB neuroscientist Kristina Visscher leads Neuroscience for All, a community initiative bringing hands-on brain science ...
A new study reveals that myelin sheath damage triggers epileptiform spikes and slows REM oscillations during sleep.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine's Harald Sontheimer, PhD, and Stanford's Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, have received the 2025 International Prize in Translational Neuroscience from the ...