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Scientists Discover 'Time Cells' In the Brain That Enable 'Mental Time Travel'
A new experiment probed how the human brain encodes and processes the flow of time.
Scientists Zapped Mouse Brains with Lasers to Bring Back Lost Memories
New study could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's
Scientists Studied How Our Brains Would React to Teleportation
Neuroscientists offer some surprising results about how the brain finds its way around.
Born Again Brains
The human brain continues to regenerate even in adulthood, thanks to adult neurogenesis, or the birth of new neurons from parental neural stem cells.
Late-Night Snacking Can Make You Stupider
Shut the fridge: A new study from UCLA finds that eating late at night can have a significant negative impact on the brain's ability to learn and form new memories.
Why the Brain Can’t Make Sense of Virtual Reality
VR disrupts the neurological patterns of memory-making and spatial awareness.
Why Your Memories Are Fading
Researchers try explain how your detailed anecdotes eventually turn into single sentence facts.
This Is What a Brain Looks Like When It's Forming Memories
Scienists put a tiny camera inside a mouse's hippocampus. Here's what they saw.