Researchers find that the amygdala is a sophisticated mediator that chooses between action-based and stimulus-based learning ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to ...

Originally published December 29, 2020Our brains don’t work the way we think they do: for example our actions are based on predictions formulated by ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and ...

Brain training reduces dementia risk by 25% over 20 years, long-term study finds. Cognitive speed training shows lasting ...

Researchers have demonstrated that human brain cells can play DOOM, showcasing a major breakthrough in the advancements of ...

New research challenges the assumption that brains learn best through repetition, finding that associative learning relies ...

Surprise rewards may boost movement speed, hinting that dopamine signals in the brain help control motivation and physical ...

An estimated 22.5 per cent of people experiencing homelessness live with moderate or severe brain injuries — a rate nearly 10 ...