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Babies recognize faces from profile view in the second half of the first year of life, new research shows.

Whenever we learn or save information, the so-called ionotropic glutamate receptors play a crucial role in the brain. A subgroup of glutamate receptors are kainate receptors. They had been traditionally known for aiding the regulation of neuronal netwo…

Researchers from the University of Waterloo found that even if people weren’t good at it, drawing, as a method to help retain new information, was better than re-writing notes, visualization exercises or passively looking at images.

The largest study of its kind examines the brains of people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and offers new insights into the condition.

Microglia are important to brain function, and also seem to play a role in disease. New work offers the most comprehensive accounting of brain microglia to date and opens a new chapter in brain exploration. The researchers performed RNA sequencing of 7…

Scientists identify single neurons in the human brain that catch our mistakes and correct future behavior.

In a new study, researchers demonstrate how functional ultrasound imaging can yield high-resolution, brain-wide activity maps of mice for specific behaviors. The non-invasive technology has promising applications for ophthalmologic, neurologic and psyc…

Scientists have identified a brain region that helps tell an animal when to attack an intruder and when to accept it into its home.

What does the brain do when things go bump in the night? Researchers are looking at neural activity in the amygdala by studying how mice react when they hear a sound they’ve been taught to fear.