Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing controversy in neuroscience.

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

In a peer-reviewed paper published in 2022 in the journal Science Advances, researchers from the University of Aberdeen and ...

Brain teasers are a fantastic way to combine entertainment with mental stimulation. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from solving riddles and cracking codes to navigating logic puzzles and ...

Eye patches aren’t just for pirates and villains. In Elio, Disney/Pixar introduces a young hero with a patch – and breaks old ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

With a bold vision and a deep curiosity, electrical engineer Ruud van Sloun and his research team are on a mission to ...

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Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for processing color and fine ...

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like telling a leaf apart from a rock. But they have struggled to build ...

Tennis coach Simon Bowler was surprised to find that he felt intoxicated after just one glass of wine and the alarming ...