Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...

To navigate, the brain must convert changing sensations into a map-like sense of the world, which remains stable as the body moves. A new study finds that the fly brain sometimes performs the ...

Researchers documented the activity of neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the ...

MIT researchers have come up with a new idea about memory that highlights the role of astrocytes, a type of brain cell that’s often overlooked. The human brain is packed with around 86 billion neurons ...

The findings, published in Nature on July 19, shed light on potential neural mechanisms involved in working memory and decision making. "Our study is a step toward thinking of the brain not in terms ...