New research shows that a deeply ancient part of the brain can process visual information on its own, without help from the cortex. Scientists found that the superior colliculus, a structure shared by ...

A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

Bones From 773,000 Years Ago Capture Human Evolution at a Crossroads In A Nutshell Ancient African fossils dated to around ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that ...

Every moment, the brain balances signals that unfold at different speeds. Some arrive in milliseconds, such as a sudden sound ...