Smell can evoke powerful memories, subtly influence attraction, and even regulate stress. But research suggests that what we sense depends as much on experience as on biology.

Research suggests that consciousness could extend far beyond just humans—every cellular creature in the universe, no matter how big or small, could be conscious, too. Studies show that single-cell ...

An international team of physicists has uncovered a subtle but important twist in how “memory” works in quantum systems.

Amid ongoing board exams, R Anitha, medical superintendent, Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad, tells students to remain calm to excel in exams. Sh.

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...

MIT neuroscientists have figured out how the brain is able to focus on a single voice among a cacophony of many voices, ...

Neuroscientist Karen Konkoly is a lucid dreamer. When she’s asleep and immersed in a dream, she knows that she is, in fact, ...

Whether you stumble on it at your old family home or whether your dog digs it up from the yard, discovering an antique is ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...