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Oxytocin, ‘the love hormone,’ plays a key role in human bonding. A new study now investigates this hormone’s impact on cooperative behavior more closely.

Skilled improvisers were better than musicians with limited improvisational experience at distinguishing between chords that can be used interchangeably in a piece of music and those that cannot, a new study finds. The results suggest that musical impr…

The workings of memory and learning have yet to be clarified, especially at the neural circuitry level. But researchers have now discovered a specific brain neuron with a central role in learning. The study may have a bearing on the potential for count…

New research reveals how the zebrafish brain perceives and reacts to predators.

Understanding how billions of brain cells succeed in making precise connections is a major challenge for neuroscientists. Researchers have unraveled a molecular code that determines the shape, location and function of connections between individual neu…

Scientists have used a unique approach to track brain degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, uncovering a pathway through which degeneration spreads from one region to another.

Does small talk make you unhappy? And, conversely, do meaningful conversations boost your well-being? A new study strives to answer these questions.

Biologists have identified a gene controlling left-right asymmetry in the brain and sleep-wake cycles.

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with changes to the structure of the brain that are also seen in the early stages of dementia, according to a new study.