Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

The human brain is a marvel of neurons firing electrical impulses through complex networks of neural pathways. It can also be notoriously slow when it comes to figuring out new solutions for ...

Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find - Honeybees can solve simple addition and subtraction problems and even possess some understanding of the concept of zero ...

Mapping the density, molecular features and energy-transformation capacity of cell organelles called mitochondria in the brain reveals region- and cell-type-specific variability that tracks with ...