Memories are initially formed in the hippocampus, but the thalamus is a key next step in the relay that is important for ...

Every day, the brain is flooded with fleeting impressions, yet only a small fraction hardens into the stories we carry for a ...

Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what ...

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response. Get ...