As mammals with large brains, humans experience smell as a powerful sensory experience that’s closely linked with memory. The smell of baking bread may take us back to a moment in Paris. A perfumy ...

The protein "neurofilament light chain" (NfL) – studied in humans in the context of neurodegenerative diseases and aging – is ...

Turtles found able to grasp that same object seen from different angles is not a different object, an important trait for ...

Scientists have discovered that turtles possess advanced visual processing abilities once thought to be unique to mammals.

A new study from the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics reveals a surprising insight into the operation of ...

Large animals face a constant battle against physics: they generate a lot of body heat that can be difficult to dump. For a dinosaur with a head as large and heavily insulated by bone and keratin as ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive ...