A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks almost unruly. Inside one part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brief gene pulse in learning-activated engram neurons restored memory in aged and Alzheimer’s-model mice. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

We found that new neurons in the adult brain are linked to reduced cognitive decline—particularly in verbal learning, or learning by listening to others. Researchers know that new neurons contribute ...

Distinct cerebellar projections to the forebrain differentially support acquisition and offline consolidation of a motor skill engaging cerebello-striato-cortical circuits, revealing the temporal and ...

Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...

Tracking neurons as learning unfolds The researchers tracked the activity of the same small networks of neurons in the visual cortex over several weeks as subjects learned to tell apart different ...

Despite its small size—it could sit in the palm of your hand—the zebra finch is a remarkable learner. A songbird native to ...

New research has identified a key step in how neurons encode information on timescales that match learning. New research from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience published this week in ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...

A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

For many years, a dominant view in neuroscience was that neurons in the inferotemporal (IT) cortex—a critical center in the ...