Scientists have found evidence that babies form memories months before they can verbalize them. Brain scans show hippocampus ...

A groundbreaking study has shown that as children age, excitatory brain activity decreases while inhibitory activity ...

But I think with head injuries there are more preventative measures that could be put in place.” Jacob had his first scan ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 ...

During this test the fMRI scans detected brain activity towards the back of the head – a region associated with episodic memory. So, if we do start storing these memories earlier than expected ...

as a proxy for local neuron signaling—higher levels mean more brain activity. The head needs to keep very still throughout the scans to avoid blurring. That’s not easily accomplished with babies and ...

Researchers have discovered that people’s political affiliation can be identified with nearly 80% accuracy based on brain ...

Rising global temperatures aren't just changing our planet—they may be altering the developing brains of our children.

The game was projected onto a mirror, allowing children to play while their brain activity was scanned. The results were then compared with scans taken while they were doing more passive ...

Past psychology research suggests that different people display characteristic patterns of spontaneous thought, emotions and ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

to scan people's brains while they looked at dozens of New York Times headlines and abstracts. The researchers observed the neural activity in certain regions of the brain and also asked the ...