Neuroscience

Scientists stimulated the brain using electrodes implanted on its surface

Rigorous new studies should be able to settle the matter

Research into the brain’s protein-disposal systems, electrical activity and three other areas looks promising

Bees infected with a virus cut back on interactions within their hive but find it easier to get past sentries at neighboring hives.

Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping on the calls and reacting to them, too.

Neurons in the hippocampus categorize what we experience into abstract, discrete events, such as taking a walk versus having lunch

A study on isolation’s neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally “starved” for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic

To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained and able to produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size.

Most of us have experienced deja vu—that sensation when new events feel eerily familiar. Could this "glitch in the Matrix" be a brain short-circuit?

Both of two essential brain networks that switch roles—one is on when the other is off—shut down in unresponsive individuals

A study in infants adds to the debate about whether we come into the world prepped for higher cognitive abilities such as face recognition

White matter, the insulation around our neural wiring, plays a critical role in acquiring knowledge