"Learning and memory are generally associated with brains and brain cells alone, but our study shows that other cells in the ...

A team of researchers led by Rice University's Jacob Robinson and the University of Texas Medical Branch's Peter Kan has ...

Research suggests that omega-3s can support brain health, especially for people who carry a gene that raises the risk of ...

The National Institute of Mental Health awards a $344,589 grant to Associate Professor and Behavioral Neuroscientist Laura ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

Researchers created the most detailed map of the brain's functional networks using data from people watching movies, including "Inception," "Home Alone" and "Erin Brokovich." ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...