Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...

Dopamine plays a more complex and precise role in brain function than previously thought: it not only enhances neural ...

The brain seeks novelty. Passive tasks can lead to skill decline. Challenging the brain with new learning, like a new ...

In the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have shown the real-world benefits that sunlight gives the brain, beyond ...

A new ‘biomimetic’ model of brain circuits and function at multiple scales produced naturalistic dynamics and learning, and even identified curious behavior by some neurons that had gone unnoticed in ...

Memories can form outside of the brain, according to new research. Non-brain cells exposed to chemical pulses similar to the ones that brain cells are exposed to when presented with new information ...

With a new year, a healthier brain can boost your happiness and career success in 2026, plus offset brain diseases, if you ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...