A new trial suggests that stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear may sharpen performance on adaptive cognitive training ...

Most people think balance is just another fitness skill, but a simple 10-second test is now making headlines for a far bigger reason. An everyday action you probably last tried as a child might ...

Stimulating the vagus nerve after practice helped mice develop stronger long-term motor learning, revealing a potentially important window when the brain is still locking in a new skill. The effect ...

A new review from University of Miami researchers argues that the effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation in targeted ...

In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fiber labyrinth of our brain. Before analyzing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in ...

It has long been known that the brain preferentially processes information that we focus our attention on—a classic example is the so-called cocktail party effect. "In an environment full of voices, ...

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A new study in Nature by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine answers a long-standing question about astrocytes, ...