Smaller, shallow brain folds in the posteromedial cortex show greater thinning with age and Alzheimer’s disease, and their ...

A simple visual test can predict the risk of dementia up to 12 years in advance by assessing brain health through the eyes.

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound contained in some varieties of mushrooms, has recently been found to be promising for the treatment of some neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, some ...

Why do we crave sweet treats over healthier options? While it comes down to how our brains process taste and what we expect ...

EP doesn't even remember that he has a memory problem. That is something he discovers anew every moment. And since he forgets ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

Understanding others’ beliefs—especially false ones—is key to human communication and begins to develop between ages three ...

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

Review Article Published: November 2000 Computer simulation of cerebellar information processing Javier F. Medina & Michael D. Mauk Nature Neuroscience 3, 1205–1211 (2000) Cite this article ...