Thalamic regions drive conscious perception by syncing with the prefrontal cortex, acting as a gateway to awareness. Using ...

Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a ...

It's hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a ...

Brain zaps are brief episodes that feel like electrical or buzzing sensations in the head, which may be perceived as coming from the brain. These episodes are not dangerous. They have been given the ...

"Brain fog" is an informal term that describes a range of symptoms caused by a mild cognitive impairment (including the ability to think, perceive, learn, or remember). People with brain fog describe ...

During this test the fMRI scans detected brain activity towards the back of the head – a region associated with episodic memory. So, if we do start storing these memories earlier than expected ...

Researchers collecting brain scan data on infants. (160/90) This was true for 11 of 13 infants over a year old but not for those under one. They also found that babies who performed best on memory ...

Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi from the University of Strathclyde used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) tomography to scan the Khafre Pyramid and found an ...

Meanwhile, the fMRI was snapping pictures of the baby's brain, including its hippocampus, "a region that we know is super important for memory in adults," says Yates. The scans revealed that ...

Meanwhile, the fMRI was snapping pictures of the baby's brain, including its hippocampus, "a region that we know is super important for memory in adults," says Yates. The scans revealed that starting ...