Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold ...

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Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

CNN — Many of the ideas and metaphors in popular culture about how the human brain works don't stand up to scrutiny. That's a prevailing theme in Lisa Feldman Barrett's new book "Seven and a Half ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and ...

How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...

How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...