But, there’s more to scratching than gating in the spinal cord. Deep brain structures stimulated by touch send signals back ...

Kalli Gregory will be graduating on Saturday with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience, and plans to obtain her master's in ...

UW’s psychology department ranks among the top five in Canada, and within the top 100 globally. This distinction was earned ...

Neuroscience is a vast field of study containing a range of narrower subfields. Each involves a spotlight on the brain and other parts of the nervous system, connecting them to one or more zones of ...

The University of Birmingham welcomes Elaine Fox - internationally renowned cognitive psychologist and affective scientist - as its new Professor of Psychology.

Brain scans revealed why. A reward-related area of the brain called the ventral striatum became more active when participants ...

A new study shows that precisely manipulating brain activity during sleep can help mice retain memories that would normally fade, offering a potential pathway for treating memory loss conditions.

Inside the artist’s brain, creativity emerges not as magic, but as a disciplined dance between imagination, emotion and ...

Like disadvantageous inequity aversion, advantageous inequity aversion can be learned by observing another’s fairness preferences.

As athlete well-being and early retirements dominate national sports coverage, neuroscientist and strategist Dr. Andrea Adams ...

Researchers are exploring if cannabidiol can aid those wishing to reduce cannabis dependency, focusing on public health amid ...

A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for recognition memory. The findings could help provide better understanding of ...