Flashes of insight trigger activity in the brain’s hippocampus. This cashew-shaped structure is buried deep within the ...

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

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the ...

In the study, the researchers used a technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record people’s brain activity while they tried to solve visual brain teasers. The puzzles ...

While invisible on conventional scans, these changes significantly ... Functional MRI and connectivity analyses measure the brain’s activity patterns and communication networks, revealing ...

Caffeine can make it difficult to fall asleep, but new research suggests it continues to affect your brain long after you’ve ...

Turns out, there might really be something to the reports of people seeing their lives flash before their eyes during ...

New research showcases how fasting can actually change the brain, rewriting parts of how our bodies actually think.

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