Our sense of smell does more than detect the aroma of fresh coffee or warn us about smoke. It might even be able to help ...

Motion illusions override the eye’s compensatory mechanisms for stabilizing movements. The brain works intensively to process ...

New research reveals that cells outside the brain can store and process memories, challenging the view that memory is limited ...

Recalling a memory can sometimes also lead to it changing for the purposes of coping with new information. Suppose your daily ...

My daughter's diagnosis of a rare and aggressive brain tumor at 3 years old made me strongly consider whether or not to have her treated with radiation.

A 19-year-old woman shot late last month died from her injuries, Baltimore police said. City police said officers were called ...

Can your kidneys remember something as well as your brain can? A new study finds the surprising ability of the cells outside ...

If you ever tried cramming all your learning in one night before the exam, you know it doesn't usually work. Surprisingly, ...

Scientists discovered that memory formation isn’t limited to the brain. Non-brain cells can activate memory genes, responding ...

RIT Assistant Professor Alexander Ororbia published a paper on smarter and greener artificial intelligence in Science ...

It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

Nevertheless, it serves the purpose of estimating information processing. Previously, it was believed that synapses came in very limited sizes and strengths. However, recent research suggests ...