The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...

In the split second that is needed to view a stop sign and react to it, our brain navigates a complex process that transitions seamlessly from perception to action control. This ability to halt or ...

Stroke and spinal cord injuries can severely impair motor functions, and understanding how to promote recovery is a critical challenge. While damaged neurons in the brain and spinal cord have limited ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Learning is often framed as effort plus discipline, yet 'How We Learn' by Stanislas Dehaene offers a far more precise explanation. Drawing from cognitive neuroscience, Dehaene explains how the brain ...

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience has found that aggression can spread socially among mice, but only when there is a pre-existing bond between the observer and the aggressor.