How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Using brain imaging and behavioral data, Caterina Stamoulis, PhD, and her team in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital have found that adolescents who are ...

Neurons in the brain communicate with each other through synapses—connection points that allow the passage of electrical and ...

A new study out of the U.K. lays out how thumbs helped shape brain development in humans and other primates. Scientists found ...

Adolescents who regularly choose solitude over social connection show measurable differences in brain structure and function, according to a large neuroimaging study.

Spatial memory — the ability to recall “where” — is one of the first cognitive skills to decline in aging and a hallmark of ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

A new study reveals that just five days of a high-fat, junk food-like diet can significantly impair memory by disrupting the brain's hippocampus. This ...