Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

For decades, scientists have worked to understand how the brain turns thoughts into words and words into meaning. Language is ...

Every day, our brains transform quick impressions, flashes of inspiration, and painful moments into enduring memories that ...

Writing can shift your mental state from despair and feeling overwhelmed to grounded clarity — a shift that reflects ...

Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sents between neurons -- specialized cells ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception 1. The brain is ...

Metacognition allows us to step back and judge our own judgments—a uniquely human ability we can all strengthen to reduce ...

New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins.

But are we close to reading other people's minds? Blindfolded people stand back to back in this undated file photo. Getty Images — -- An international team of scientists has succeeded in ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...