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In order to find our way in the world, we classify it into concepts, such as ‘telephone’. Until now, it was unclear how the brain retrieves these when we only encounter the word and don’t perceive the objects directly. Scientists have now developed a m…

The cerebellum — a part of the brain once recognized mainly for its role in coordinating movement — underwent evolutionary changes that may have contributed to human culture, language and tool use, according to a new study.

A premature start in life can cause problems even into teenage years. A study indicates that training motor skills in these children helps even when they are older.

Alzheimer’s disease is caused by protein deposits in the brain and the rapid loss of brain matter. But a Mediterranean diet rich in fish, vegetables and olive oil might protect the brain from these disease triggers.

By discovering a potential new cellular mechanism for migraines, researchers may have also found a new way to treat chronic migraine.

Subtle differences in the shape of the brain that are present in adolescence are associated with the development of psychosis, according to an international team. The ‘sobering’ results were made using the largest study to date of brain scans in adoles…

An individual human can maintain stable social relationships with about 150 people, not more. This is the proposition known as ‘Dunbar’s number’ – that the architecture of the human brain sets an upper limit on our social lives. A new study indicates t…

Researchers have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, a key step toward eventually testing the approach in humans with the neurodegenerative disease.

A new study suggests that certain neighborhoods – particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment – may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size.

Despite increased use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in psychiatry, the rates at which patients respond to the therapy and experience remission of often-disabling symptoms have been modest at best. Now, a team of psychiatrists and biom…