Neuroscientists discover hippocampal place cells bind others' distress to our internal spatial maps, offering a biological basis for observational memory.

Why is adapting to changing environments challenging for autistic individuals? A new study shows that the autistic brain is ...

Researchers show 10 minutes of mild tDCS brain stimulation eliminates a visual perceptual bias linked to the sexual objectification of women.

Angelman syndrome triggers a false cellular stress alarm via asparagine synthetase, halting brain growth and protein synthesis.

A neuroimaging and genetic investigation led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals precisely how psilocybin restructures neural connectivity in living brains. Publishing ...

A neuroimaging study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit (Unicog) reveals that the human brain constructs a continuous, highly structured spatial semantic ...

Summary: Researchers report the immune system directly affects, and maybe even controls, a creature’s social behaviors and desire to interact with others. Source: University of Virginia School of ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have uncovered how herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the common virus behind cold sores, fundamentally reprograms the brain’s resident immune ...

A new study links frequent daytime naps to a 48% higher risk of dementia, highlighting daytime sleep as an early warning sign ...

Women with PMOS (formerly PCOS) face higher risks for Alzheimer's and dementia, driven largely by insulin resistance and obesity.

A study of 1,563 people reveals that reading a character's private remorse fosters empathy that helps readers forgive ...

Researchers discover microglia tear down brain scaffolding during heavy drinking, driving alcohol sedation and frontal brain damage.