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A popular technique for studying brain disorders, known as lesion network mapping (LNM), appears to have a fundamental ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...

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Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

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A new study finds the hippocampus reorganizes memories to predict rewards. This discovery explains how the brain learns and why Alzheimer's affects decision-making.

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In her latest bestseller, the motivational speaker discusses how personal growth is only possible when you stop pouring ...