Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association ...

Brain scans reveal imagination forms full experiences using memory and language, reshaping how scientists understand mental imagery.

Over the past decades, computer scientists have introduced numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to emulate ...

The team pinpointed the exact moment mice learned a new skill by observing the activity of individual neurons, confirming earlier work that suggested animals are fast learners that purposely test the ...

Sensory memory, which can last only milliseconds, registers raw information such as sights, sounds and smells. These are first processed by the brain’s five primary sensory cortices (visual cortex for ...

The human brain ages less than thought and in layers – at least in the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for the sense of touch. Researchers at DZNE, the University of Magdeburg, and the Hertie ...

Imagination is one of the most powerful things our brains can do. We can relive past events while taking a walk, rehearse ...

A computational model explains how place cells in the hippocampus can be recruited to form any kind of episodic memory, even when there's no spatial component. Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists ...

"I am often said to have identified the amygdala as the brain's 'fear' center. But the fact is, I have not done this, nor has anyone else." —Joseph LeDoux (2015) 3D illustration of both amygdala.