New research in epigenetics reveals how early-life experiences influence gene expression and brain development.

Place cells are well known to encode individual locations, but new experiments and analysis indicate that stitching together a "cognitive map" of a whole environment ... "On day 1, the brain ...

But now scientists have discovered that the benefits to the brain can also be felt a day later ... quickly a person detects and responds to the environment. Those who had the most slow-wave ...

Want to give your brain a boost for ... detects and responds to their environment. On the other hand, more couch-potato time meant worse working memory the next day. The findings were published ...