The brain seeks novelty. Passive tasks can lead to skill decline. Challenging the brain with new learning, like a new ...

Stress worsens sleep quality and can impair memory. Shinjae Chung, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore a neural pathway in male mice that stress may influence to cause sleep ...

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

Based on peer-reviewed research, the innovative program helps residents train their sense of smell to strengthen ...

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

From the grainy moon landing on your parents' TV to the fall of the Berlin Wall, these eight pivotal moments created neural ...