How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information is ...

Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new ...

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend ...

How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house become encoded in our brains?

Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

New research reveals that individual neurons follow multiple learning rules simultaneously, challenging the long-held belief that synaptic plasticity operates uniformly throughout the brain.

Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal ...

The family of a dad terminally ill with motor neurone disease have urged newly-diagnosed actor Eric Dane to use his time to ‘make ...