A large-scale scientific collaboration has compared two major theories about consciousness. The study, published in Nature, ...

A man from Hampshire is travelling 893 miles on his WWII tractor in memory of his mother, Mary Bartlett, who died from brain ...

"They tossed out her brain. How can you do that with a brain?" Arlo Fellenz, the mother of the young woman who died, asked.

Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...

A team of Harvard researchers have unveiled a way to map the molecular underpinnings of how learning and memories are formed, ...

Five-year-olds already use brain regions for map-based navigation, challenging previous assumptions about spatial development ...

Neuroscientists are developing methods to map the brain systems that allow us to recognize and get around our world.

Many behavioral studies suggest that using landmarks to navigate through large-scale spaces—known as map-based navigation—is ...

It’s known that the region of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex, or OFC, is involved in decisions relating to value judgments and impulse control, but it’s not easy to design an experiment ...