Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

Researchers suspect energy failures in brain “power plants” may explain why memory pathways collapse so early in Alzheimer’s.

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes ...

Scientists discovered how the brain uses objects to anchor our sense of direction, solving part of the mystery of spatial ...

Summary: Researchers discovered how the brain develops reliable visual processing once the eyes open. Early on, visual inputs and modular brain responses are mismatched, creating inconsistent patterns ...

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes and brains kick into gear, seeking familiar objects that tell us where we ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped how nearly an entire mammalian brain lights up as decisions are made. The massive ...