Neuroscience

Experimental techniques demonstrate how to strengthen memories when our brains are off-line

The hippocampus appears to keep track of social dynamics just as it tracks us moving physically through real spaces

A new technique is reviving the century-old study of brain lesions and revealing surprising things about neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease

A recent Scientific American blog post misconstrues and oversimplifies the research

In search of answers, a neurobiologist looks to rodents

Brain changes, visible on scans, are also associated with Alzheimer’s precursors

New findings reveal distinctive electrical properties of human neurons that may give us a boost in computing power

Scientific American assistant news editor, Tanya Lewis, and collections editor, Andrea Gawrylewski, host a new podcast that takes a deeper look at short articles from the Advances news section of the magazine.

Explaining it requires neither supernatural intervention nor any new fundamental physics

English as-a-first-language Canadian study subjects were less trusting of statements in English spoken with a foreign accent, unless the speaker sounded confident about their assertion.

A new, speedy technique affords scientists the ability to visualize the brain’s myriad connections at an unprecedented level of complexity

Repurposing medications could let us treat intractable illnesses