Mind & Brain

Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response

The inability to process numeric information, dyscalculia is still poorly understood. Finding therapies may require looking beyond the numbers

Benadryl, which contains diphenhydramine, is a drugstore mainstay and just one medication out of many that could possibly damage brain health

A small section of the mouse brain’s hippocampus uses specific neural codes to denote social familiarity and identity

Here are seven fiction and nonfiction books we recommend from the past few months. They involve broken hearts, killer robots and epic failed experiments

A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat

An infant’s aha! moment may hold secrets to the origins of agency

Ursula Bellugi was fixated on how we learn language. Her groundbreaking research on sign language demonstrated the connection between language skills and biology

Carboxylic acids make teens give off a pungent olfactory mix redolent of cheese, plum and even goats

A study of more than 100 new parents showed that pregnancy and birth cause changes in brain circuits that may be involved in empathy and bonding with the child

Lawmakers should look in the mirror if they want answers to who hyped dubious reports of Havana syndrome. Instead they are investigating the spy agencies telling them the truth about the mystery

The research tracks, at the level of individual neurons, what happens when a monkey hangs out with other monkeys. It even found a possible neural code for empathy