The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

University of Oklahoma researchers have recently published a study showing that several measurements of the brain, including ...

Stress and trauma have well-documented effects on the brain. Plenty of studies show that people who experience trauma tend to ...

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How does the brain adapt to different levels of mental challenge? A new neuroimaging study reveals that when we engage in ...

The MIND diet, a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets, slowed cognitive decline over 10 years, a new study found.

There are competing theories regarding the extent to which emotions are innate, hard-wired, and universal vs. constructed by ...

Marupudi is a member of the Cognitive Architecture Lab at Georgia Tech. Professor Sashank Varma of the School of Interactive ...

A new study offers the first detailed map of the human brain throughout and after pregnancy. It was published in the journal ...

Students are given a strong foundation in current theory and methods and have the opportunity to specialize within a number of substantive areas of research that include: The Cognitive and Brain ...

Based on the understanding of brain plasticity, cognition can be improved for successful brain aging. Many ways are discussed: environmental simulation (novelty and challenge), cognitive training, ...

In the first weeks after birth, brain volume is typically about a third of what it will be in adulthood. By age 3, it will have expanded to about 80 percent of adult size. While most of the brain ...