What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers ...

Summary: Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing humans with birds, they show that complex ...

The hippocampus is a forebrain structure located within the medial temporal lobe that consists of the subiculum, CA1, CA2, CA3 and dentate gyrus regions. The hippocampal formation also includes the ...

New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins.

Your baby's brain starts growing in the first few weeks and doesn't stop for decades. Here's how it all begins – and why it's kind of mind-blowing (excuse the pun).

There is something captivating about the way a crow tilts its head when it watches you. It never feels random. If anything, ...

The brain uses timed mechanism for odor perception. Encoding the chemical information of a smell is followed by detecting ...

Groundbreaking brain atlases reveal dynamic neuron and glia development across species, transforming static maps into a ...

The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...

Skin regeneration: Though less directly tied to rhinitis, external nasal defects from surgery or chronic inflammation can be ...