Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age, new research in fruit flies reveals.

A car backfires, and your shoulders jump. A shadow moves, and your eyes fly open before your brain catches up. That dramatic flash of white sclera around widened eyes feels automatic because it is.

Diagram-based learning helps students understand complex Biology concepts, improve recall, and perform better in board exams. By combining visual memory with active learning, diagrams simplify ...

Most days, our bodies are just there—mundane vessels we inhabit on autopilot. We wake up, get on with our routines, eat, sleep, repeat. But the moment you actually stop and think about what’s ...

As we age, there is a decrease in the number of neurons in the basal ganglia, cerebellum and spinal cord that can negatively ...

Day to day, we exist in our bodies without thinking much about them. We wake up, eat, move around, and fall asleep again, all ...

New research is proving persistent gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers can't be ...

If boredom or stress makes you snack mindlessly, Dr Rajan shares a simple, science-backed hack that can help curb those urges ...

The eyes may reveal how experiences are recalled, according to new Baycrest research that suggests that shifts in eye ...

A patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve damage partially recovered natural vision after ...

When searching for your flashlight in a tent at night, you must rely on tactile information to identify objects. The visual representation of the shape of your flashlight might facilitate your search.

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...