Neuroscientists have discovered that when the brain is distracted, coordinated “rotating” waves of neural activity help it steer back to focus.

As sure as the brain is prone to distraction, it can also return its focus to the task at hand. A new study in animals by ...

The general rule is that, to learn something new, you have to make it become part of your daily routine. Take about 15 ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

A new study reveals how brain circuits between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus stabilize memories during learning.

Abstract: Human activity recognition (HAR) is essential for advancing healthcare, fitness, and patient monitoring because it provides critical insights into human physical movements. This study ...

Abstract: The application of the 3-D radar data cube (RDC), which integrates time, distance, and Doppler frequency information for accurate human activity recognition (HAR), has attracted much recent ...

Learn more about how researchers were able to fully map a mouse brain and give us a better understanding of how or why we ...

The pillow is cold against your cheek. Your upstairs neighbor creaks across the ceiling. You close your eyes; shadows and light dance across your vision. A cat sniffs at a piece of cheese. Dots fall ...

People worry about losing their memory as they get older, or worse, developing a dementing illness such as Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s hard not to get caught up in a cycle of fear as you read the ...

As we age, keeping our bodies active helps us stay healthier for longer and protects against chronic disease. We can also exercise our brains to prevent age-related mental decline with activities like ...

When acetylcholine is activated, it changes the activity of the entire brain, said Dr. Michael Merzenich, professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco and co-founder and chief ...