For decades, researchers have attempted to pinpoint the specific areas of the brain responsible for human intelligence. A new ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that damage to small blood vessels in the hereditary disease CADASIL may disrupt ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

This video explains how memories form and persist, exploring the roles of neurons, synapses, and brain regions involved in ...

Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...

You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up all the memory space in your brain? Despite how you might feel before an exam or after a sleepless ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...