A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

Inflammation has to fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center ...

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain ...

A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones ...

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

Signal Enhancement: An acoustic-driven signal enhancement approach based on NeRF acoustic field modeling and nested generative networks supplements missing or incomplete EEG data through acoustic ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

Understanding the dynamic neural mechanisms of sleep-wake cycles is a major challenge in sleep science and neuroengineering.

“I just can’t make it tonight. You have fun without me.” Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social contact shuts down. A study headed by researchers at The Picower Institute ...