Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new ...

A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

A team of scientists has demonstrated that communication among memory-coding neurons -- nerve cells in the brain responsible for maintaining working memory -- is disrupted with aging and that this can ...

General anesthesia evokes a dual mystery: How does it disrupt consciousness, including sensory perception, and what might that say about the nature of consciousness. A new study led by researchers at ...