For many, curling up on the couch with popcorn and a movie means shutting your brain off to relax after a long day. But ...

Research reveals that kidney and nerve tissue cells can learn and form memories in ways similar to neurons. Our brains—and ...

Most studies of brain functional networks have been based on fMRI scans of people at rest, but many parts of the brain ... brain regions with more specific functions. When the movie's content ...

These aren’t just random brain parts – they’re the control centers for everything ... and other factors can significantly ...

Scientists discovered that memory formation isn’t limited to the brain. Non-brain cells can activate memory genes, responding ...

A new study tracked the brain areas that activated as people watched scenes from 'Home Alone' and other films.

It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory ...

By scanning the brains of people while they watched movie clips, neuroscientists have created the most detailed functional map of the brain to date. The fMRI analysis shows how different brain ...

In the new study, the team wanted to investigate whether screening movies during fMRI scanning could give any insight into how the brain’s functional networks respond to a series of complex audio and ...

By analyzing fMRI scans of people watching films, neuroscientists have created a comprehensive functional map of the brain, ...

The proto-eyes are what really disturbed me.For the past decade, medical researchers have been growing living, miniature ...

Most of us think memories are stored only in the brain, but a recent study suggests that cells from other parts of the body can “remember” as well. This surprising discovery was made by a team of ...