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Major scientific discoveries can arise from simple decisions: say, by simply looking where virtually no one else has. Such ...

PASS theory explains cognition through four processes—planning, attention, simultaneous, and successive—that offer a dynamic ...

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

In a demographically diverse sample of healthy people, Cornell researchers found dramatic changes over the human lifespan in ...

The investigation, led in part by teams using USC's resources, aimed to pinpoint which brain regions are activated and how these responses change based on the words and context of the dialogue ...

Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling "drowsy" to "a complete absence ...

The study reveals that when the right brain is damaged, people’s capacity for reasoning suffers, implying that this area is central.

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

New Delhi, April 20 : A Columbia University's School of Engineering study in the US has shown that the brain's visual regions play an active role in making sense of information, which could help build ...

Aerobic exercise also seems to spur the birth of new neurons in the hippocampus, the brain region critical for memory and learning. Over time, these changes may protect against cognitive decline.