Fear is often thought of as a negative emotion but is actually a natural protective response to perceived threats or danger. It helps us survive. When we experience a situation that causes fear, it ...

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have shown how higher ...

Blindness itself might become, at least in certain cases, partially reversible. This potential future stems from one of the most intriguing developments in regenerative medicine: epigenetic ...

Taika Waititi’s Sony Pictures adaptation of Ishiguro’s novel hits theaters October 23, 2026, and every technology the book imagined is real. Vision Transformers process images as Klara does — in ...

Every day, millions of people drink coffee and throw the used coffee grounds into the rubbish without giving them a second ...

Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it ...

A UCR engineer won a $1.6 million federal grant to improve scientists' ability to interpret brain activity and advance ...

The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave ...

Creatine plays an important role in supplying the brain with energy. Early research indicates high doses of the supplement could improve cognition in people whose brains are stressed.

Aging changes gut bacteria in mice, weakening communication between the intestines and the brain. Restoring that connection ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in primates. Now, an Oxford evolutionary psychologist who doubted it from the start ...

A new analysis supports the previously overlooked "brain lag" hypothesis—the idea that, in some primate lineages, the evolution of larger body size preceded the evolution of larger brain size—while ...