Clearing the way for learning Most research focuses on excitatory neurons in spatial learning. Jeong, Singer, and team went in a different direction, probing the crucial role of inhibition.

To move around in their surroundings in meaningful and goal-directed ways, a skill known as navigation, humans and animals ...

In the study published in Science, titled, “Spatial cognitive ability is associated with longevity in food-caching chickadees,” researchers tracked the lifespans of 227 wild mountain chickadees over ...

L earning spatial elements of a new environment is important for people and animals. However, how this process occurs in the brain remains poorly understood. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) are abundantly ...

We found that new neurons in the adult brain are linked to reduced cognitive decline—particularly in verbal learning, or learning by listening to others. This was very surprising to us.

Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of their ...

New study links high fat, high sugar diets to impaired spatial navigation and memory in young adults, impacting hippocampus function.