Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

A hidden four-layer structure in the brain’s key memory hub has been revealed, reshaping how scientists understand learning and neurological disease. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers uncovered four ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge in the ...

Our brain function is far from static throughout our lives. We already know that our capacity to learn, and our risk of cognitive decline, varies from when we are a newborn through to our 90s. Now, ...

The human brain isn’t a blank slate waiting to be written by experience, according to research that challenges the century-old Tabula Rasa theory. The study shows that neurons grown in laboratory ...

Share on Pinterest A new study aims to explain how menopause restructures the brain. Pawel Wewiorski/Getty Images A research team from Puerto Rico carried out a literature review to compile findings ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

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During ageing, men experience a greater reduction in volume across more regions of the brain than women do, according to a longitudinal study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Scientists at Monash University have created a tiny fluid-based chip that behaves like neural pathways of the brain, potentially opening the door to a new generation of computers. Roughly the size of ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...