Slow-wave sleep plays a crucial role in strengthening memory by enhancing synaptic connections in the brain, with new ...

When you are feeling hungry, the brain takes the necessary steps toward consuming a meal. Many of these steps are not well known, but a new study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the ...

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held assumptions about the immune system and RNA.

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How constant monitoring may be affecting our brains. Explore the findings of a new study on the unconscious effects of being ...

Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies' sensory ...

Researchers discovered that neurons in the medial frontal cortex encode abstract progress through sequences of behaviors, enabling flexible task mapping and rapid adaptation to new structures.

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