For decades, scientists have worked to understand how the brain turns thoughts into words and words into meaning. Language is ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

A tiny brain blip during silent speech revealed the shocking truth: Your brain plans words by imagining sounds, not movements ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sent between neurons—specialized cells that ...

A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different ...

But are we close to reading other people's minds? Blindfolded people stand back to back in this undated file photo. Getty Images — -- An international team of scientists has succeeded in ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

Spirituality may have evolved during the Paleolithic from a brain circuit that was originally involved in the control of fear ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – If you’ve ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study reveals the reason: Our brains physically link memories ...