Neural crest cells are a population of stem cells that invade the embryo in early development. They play a big role in what ...

The brains of mammals continuously combine signals originating from different regions to produce various sensations, emotions ...

For the first time, a new study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory -- one that remembers associations between time, place and what one did, and another that ...

Every day, various types of sensory information fromthe external environment are transferred to the brainthrough different modalities and then processed to generate a series of coping behaviors. Among ...

Contrary to popular belief, meditation isn't "thinking about nothing." In fact, a new international study on Buddhist monks ...