Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mice moving tiny steering wheels to control shapes on a screen have given scientists an unprecedented view of how decisions unfold ...

The first complete activity map of the brain has been unveiled by a large international collaboration of neuroscientists. The International Brain Laboratory (IBL) researchers published their findings ...

A key to understanding the brain lies in unpacking how hundreds of interconnected brain areas process information that leads to various outputs. In order to try to understand this, researchers ...

The first complete activity map of a mammalian brain has revealed unprecedented insights into how decisions are made – and may even hint at the roots of that mysterious feeling we call intuition. For ...

After nine years of painstaking work, an international team of researchers on Wednesday published a precise map of the vision centers of a mouse brain, revealing the exquisite structures and ...

This so-called Brain Activity Map project is inspired by the success of the Human Genome Project in mapping the genetic code. The proposal was outlined in the journal Neuron last summer by a group of ...

A study combining brain imaging, computational modeling and AI found that hippocampal–prefrontal circuits organize emotions ...

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs the function of the grid cells that play a crucial role in orientation. This has been verified by researchers from Ruhr ...

Researchers recorded brain activity directly in epilepsy patients and found that a short cycling session increased ...

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's grid cells, blurring the internal GPS system and impairing navigation.