Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches of neurons in the brain tend to cluster together mostly because they are abundant, not because ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend recommended or read the latest world news, your brain stores many of these ...

We found that new neurons in the adult brain are linked to reduced cognitive decline—particularly in verbal learning, or learning by listening to others. Researchers know that new neurons contribute ...

Synaptic plasticity—the brain's ability to modify the connections between neurons to support learning—is one of the neural ...

Changing levels of the brain protein KCC2 can alter how reward associations form, reshaping the learning process that links ...

Scientists mapped brain activity across the day and found the same neurons create completely different networks depending on ...

Human brains can turn a single messy experience into a lasting skill, while even the most advanced artificial intelligence ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aswathy Ammothumkandy, University of Southern California; Charles Liu, University of ...