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

The wiring and rewiring of the brain never ends. Neural pathways are constantly being reshaped as we interact with the world ...

The microscopic image shows a nerve cell and a magnified view of the investigated synapses. Calcium was released at these sites using a UV flash, which triggered the release of the neurotransmitter.

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...

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

A review of over 100 years of neuroscience research asks if some brain regions are more important than others for consciousness. What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain ...

Prevailing theories of consciousness say it comes from the cortex, including the higher-order neocortex that gives us our most sophisticated thoughts. However, neuroscientist Peter Coppola thinks ...