A new study shows that the human brain organizes action-outcome associations in cognitive maps, much like how it maps ...

If it decides yes, your brain's motor cortex, a small area that exists on the outer part of your brain, calls for messages to be sent through your spinal cord and down your arm to the muscles that ...

University of California San Diego scientists say this discovery could help offer a path to new therapies and technologies ...

This learning takes place in the primary motor cortex – a region of the brain responsible for planning ... AM and 14:00 PM and Fridays only handles distribution requests between 7:00 AM and ...

Modern analogy likes to compare computer memory to that of the brain, where the activity of ... Storing and processing ...

New research reveals that learning doesn't just alter brain activity — it physically rewires the connections between key brain regions to make communication faster and more precise.

Over the past decade, intensive studies have shown that the brain's meningeal lymphatic system acts as the brain's "waste ...

To verify that the brain was responding, motor-evoked potentials were recorded ... Infrared imaging showed uniform heat distribution, and no overheating occurred even after extended sessions.

“We think about what motor differences can tell us about what might be happening in the brain and how motor skills impact our ability to do daily living skill tasks,” Travers said. Undergraduate ...

Researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the brain that controls approach vs. avoidance behavior.

The disease presents with a loss of motor control, which is caused by deficiency of dopamine – a direct result of the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the brain. Currently, there is no ...