New research reveals that cells outside the brain can store and process memories, challenging the view that memory is limited ...

A groundbreaking 25-year study has shown that childhood cognitive ability significantly impacts intelligence in older age, with nearly half of cognitive variance persisting across decades.

It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory ...

A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brains to explain our ...

Neuroscientists have discovered brain cells that form multiple coordinate systems to tell us 'where we are' in a sequence of behaviors. These cells can play out different sequences of actions, just ...

A regression discontinuity analysis finds essentially no effect of 1 additional year of secondary education on brain structure in adulthood. This is a valuable finding that adds to the literature on ...

By measuring the brain’s electrical signals, researchers in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology's ...

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“It took an eternity until mathematicians finally invented zero as a number.” Perhaps that’s no surprise given that the concept can be difficult for the brain to grasp. It takes children longer to ...

Hold the morning coffee and meditation: for about 75 days over the span of a year, neuroscientist Carina Heller’s morning ritual included climbing into her university’s brain scanner at 7:30 a ...