By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized ...

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The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new ...

A Stanford-led study finds that brain organization for visual recognition is partly innate but also shaped by experience. Using MRI on infants, researchers identified stable white matter connections ...

Recent findings suggest that memories are stored in the body, not just the brain. Does that mean our "self" is too?

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Neuroaesthetics studies the relationship between aesthetic perception and neurological processes and invites reflection on ...