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 ...

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 ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception 1. The brain is ...

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

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 ...

From Edison to Taylor Swift, the brain is a living phonograph—recording and replaying the grooves of memory, culture, and ...

Thus, this small region at the core of the brain's arousal system may serve to punctuate our thoughts and memories." David Clewett, University of California - Los Angeles Clewett and co-authors Ringo ...

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 ...