Pigeons may sense Earth’s magnetic field using their inner ear, sending signals to brain areas that help with navigation and ...

The vestibular system, a set of structures in the inner ears that helps with balance, may grant the birds their special ability ...

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

More muscle mass was linked to younger brains in new research, suggesting resistance training can support long-term brain ...

Strength training can protect and slow brain aging. More muscle mass and less abdominal fat correlate with brain health. Weight-loss drugs may reduce fat but risk muscle loss. For a younger, healthier ...

So, when group ritualized practices consistently deliver intense feelings—whether pleasure, acceptance, or meaning—your brain ...

Your brain can learn from imagined experiences almost like real ones, shaping how you feel about people and future ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

A minority of people have hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory, so they can remember events in their ...

In everyday conversation, it's critical to understand not just the words that are spoken, but the context in which they are said. If it's pouring rain and someone remarks on the "lovely weather," you ...

Why life abroad is beWalking through Hong Kong, we keep running into French expats and start asking why this city draws them in. Through one story, we trace the bigger trend of brain drain - where ...

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...