The human brain is constantly flooded with sights, sounds and sensations, yet only a fraction of those experiences become ...

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

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

Four major turning points around age nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human ...

Human brains go through five distinct phases of life, each defined by its own set of characteristics, according to a new ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

Studying brain scans from nearly 4,000 people across the whole spectrum of human life, from newborns to 90-year-olds, a team ...

Perhaps most important, research showed that at least some instances of seemingly suboptimal behavior are actually the opposite. For example, it was well known that people sometimes underestimate the ...

Scientists want to understand how and why the brain changes during a person's lifespan. The post Scientists identify five ...

Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than ...

Meta-analysis indicates that network-targeted noninvasive brain stimulation consistently enhances memory function supported by the hippocampal network, thus providing robust evidence that specific ...