Our brains have an extraordinary ability to adapt and learn, a process known as neuroplasticity. From navigating a new city to mastering a new skill, neuroplasticity allows us to reshape our ...

Scientists have traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord. A new brain map visualizes the connections between the brain and spinal cord at the ...

based on new research using sophisticated brain mapping tools. According to researchers who discovered this new view, the first, ... Oct. 8, 2024 — Muscle activation in people suffering from hip ...

Researchers have used fMRI scans to map out exactly where love is felt Romantic love is felt in the base of the skull, forehead, and back of the brain While reams of soppy poetry, plays ...

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A recent study mapped the maternal brain from preconception through the crucial two years ... [+] postpartum, illuminating how the brain reshapes itself during this pivotal life stage. “Mom ...

having to make a speech or being attacked. Here’s why our sleeping brain comes back to these unpleasant dreams again and again ...

However, we currently lack an understanding of how patterns of ongoing thoughts map onto the different brain systems when we watch a film, partly because methods of sampling experience disrupt the ...

A recent MIT study carried out on mice revealed that the brain gradually builds up cohesive cognitive maps of whole spaces through changes in the activity of some "weakly spatial" cells. The study ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed. The study suggests that doctors may need to ...