Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has ...

A study has captured signs of early memory formation in babies as young as three months old. Understanding how babies learn ...

This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the ...

Diet plays a significant role in the brain development of a child during and after birth Read on to learn the key nutrients and their role in brain development ...

Lisa Dunlevy describes how acupuncture and the principles of Classical Chinese Medicine help parents keep calm and carry on.

Most neurons have cone- or star-shaped bodies with ... the area becomes active when a mother hears a crying baby, for instance, or when someone scrutinizes a face to determine the other person's ...

Scientists involved with the effort envision a stepladder approach, working up from roundworms (300 neurons), baby zebrafish and fruit flies (100,000 each) to mice (75 million) and monkeys (6 ...

If a baby had a lot of activity in the hippocampus ... when we’re younger a part of our hippocampus goes into overdrive, making neurons really quickly. Yet as we age, this slows down.

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

Groups of neurons called engrams capture different memories and keep ... The results are similar to those in baby rodents. The early years are chaotic. The brain undergoes extensive rewiring. This ...

The tram stops at Opera. I’m back, again. Opera and ballet have always fascinated me. At its best a strict rehearsal schedule ...