Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being ...

Twelve members of Cornell Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams — a biomedical engineering project team — participated in the Biomedical Engineering Society 2024 Annual Meeting held at the ...

Why ordinary people will follow orders to the point of hurting others remains a critical question for scientists—though some answers have emerged ...

Oct. 25, 2024 — Researchers have successfully developed an ultra-sensitive pressure sensor for electronic skin modeled after the nervous system in the human brain. This technology is applicable ...

A meningioma is a tumor that forms on the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord just inside the skull. These membranes are called the meninges and consist of three layers. Specifically ...

Strokes occur when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted. This can occur suddenly and cause serious damage quickly. Strokes may also prove fatal. A stroke is a medical emergency that requires ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — For the first time, neuroscientists have just finished mapping out the entire brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The research reveals the most complete map of a ...

Mom makes 16-year-old daughter sleep in the same room as colic baby brother and get up with him during the night, grandma strongly disagrees: 'I never made my girls take care of one another when they ...

The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) is an independent collaborative of scientists, health professionals, scholars and policy experts from around the world working in areas of brain health ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of ...