By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

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

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

The human brain is constantly flooded with sights, sounds and sensations, yet only a fraction of those experiences become lasting memories. Behind that quiet sorting process is a set of biological ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

A hidden four-layer structure in the brain’s key memory hub has been revealed, reshaping how scientists understand learning ...

Fasting has long been sold as a shortcut to weight loss, but a growing body of research suggests the real action may be ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...

A flash fiction contest hosted by The Hopkins Review uses short stories to push the boundaries of psychology research ...

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine ...

USC researchers have identified a previously unknown pattern of organization in one of the brain’s most important areas for ...

For decades, mental health research focused almost exclusively on the brain. Depression was framed as a chemical imbalance, anxiety as faulty ...