Cerebellum highlighted in orange with magnified close-up of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." Source: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock In the mid-1970s, my ...

The human brain can change — but usually only slowly and with great effort, such as when learning a new sport or foreign language or recovering from a stroke. Learning new skills correlates with ...

Ever wondered how fast your brain actually works? Well, scientists have just cracked the code. In an interesting new study, researchers discovered how quickly our brains process information. It turns ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive ...

Viren Jain is a senior staff research scientist at Google Research, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, and leads the Connectomics at Google team. Can a computer be programmed to ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

In 1928, the Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming returned from a two-week vacation and realized he had made a significant oversight. In his haste to leave for his holiday, he had left a messy pile of ...

A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing. Speaking multiple languages could slow down ...

Erin Calipari comes from a basketball family. Her father, John Calipari, has coached college and professional basketball since 1998, leading six teams to the NCAA Final Four, and her brother coaches ...

Scientists at EPFL have unraveled the mystery behind why biological nanopores, tiny molecular holes used in both nature and biotechnology, sometimes behave unpredictably. By experimenting with ...

A new study has found a game-changing way to track how fast our brains are ageing, not just how old they seem. Using advanced ...