Dopamine—a neurotransmitter responsible for influencing motivation, pleasure, mood and learning in the brain—has experienced ...

An international research team has uncovered new insights into healthy brain aging. The researchers found that aging leads to ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, termed "one-shot learning," have remained unknown. A mysterious type of ...

Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get through it. This is a metabolic process that enables shrews to conserve ...

Specifically, grandparents who took part in any number of caregiving activities (such as help with homework, care when the ...

Researchers have found evidence for a theory that views intelligence as a property of how the brain functions as a whole, ...

Alcohol does not simply relax the mind. It rewires it. With repeated use, drinking can splinter the brain’s carefully coordinated networks into scattered, competing circuits that chase the next drink ...

Music even changes brain structure. Yet another experiment of piano lessons increased the amount of gray matter in older adults’ brains. And an international team recently concluded that music ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

Researchers have found that a natural aging-related molecule can repair key memory processes affected by Alzheimer’s disease.

Challenging the brain by exposing it to new situations, tasks and skills can improve its efficiency, much like strength ...