At this razor's edge, brains are primed to gain new information, Hengen said. "Brains need to reach criticality to think, remember and learn." Hengen proposed criticality as a unifying theory of brain ...

If we can fully map the structure of our brains, will we be able to understand how they work? That is the goal of researchers attempting to build a wiring diagram, or connectome, of our neural ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa ...

Regular aerobic exercise may help slow biological brain aging in adults. In a randomized clinical trial, researchers used MRI ...